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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. For how long was Sandra Day O'Connor the only female justice during her time on the court?

2. In 2015, how many push-ups could Ginsburg do by taking a break halfway through?

3. In Chapter 8, when did a bill to undo the Supreme Court's damage to antidiscrimination law die in a Republican Senate?

4. In Chapter 5, when was Ginsburg's image as a moderate set?

5. How many hours a week did Marty jokingly say that his job entailed at Fort Sill in Chapter 6?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what way were the marriages of the Ginsburgs and the Wiesenfelds alternative?

2. What did Ginsburg suggest be done with the case Bush v. Gore and why?

3. What did Ginsburg's law clerk, Alisa Klein, say about Ginsburg's answer to pointed questions during her nomination hearing?

4. What pleased Johnson about how Ginsburg's personal training sessions had helped her?

5. How and when was Ginsburg confirmed as a judge on the D.C. circuit appeals court?

6. Who wrote that Ginsburg was frail, and how did Marty respond to the journalist?

7. What would Ginsburg tell her clerks was the most important job requirement?

8. What did Alan Dershowitz say about Ginsburg when Clinton nominated her to the Supreme Court?

9. What was Marty's role in getting Ginsburg nominated as an associate justice for the Supreme Court?

10. What did Ginsburg say about her mother when she thanks Clinton for her nomination to the Supreme Court?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

During Obama’s re-election, people began pressuring Ginsburg to retire. Why did people begin pressuring Ginsburg to retire? Why did she not retire?

Essay Topic 2

Ginsburg got a job when her husband was stationed in Oklahoma. Why was it unusual for a woman to work if she was pregnant or had a child? What is conveyed about women’s roles at the time through Ginsburg’s experiences then and when she was in law school?

Essay Topic 3

Analogies are used to compare an unfamiliar object or idea to a familiar one in an attempt to explain the unfamiliar. How does the author use analogies in the book? How do analogies help readers understand unfamiliar ideas or understand events or people?

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