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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. When was the majority opinion assigned to Ginsburg for the case against the Virginia Military Institute's refusal to admit women in Chapter 5?

2. In Chapter 9, when did Ginsburg usually have her personal training sessions?

3. When did Marty begin teaching tax law at Columbia Law School?

4. In Chapter 5, since what president has it been possible for a woman to be on the Supreme Court?

5. When did Ginsburg go paddleboarding when she was in residence for a week at the University of Hawaii?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was life like in New York when Mary was working to establish himself at his law firm?

2. What did a justice say about the case of 13-year-old Arizona student Savana Redding?

3. How important was opera to the Ginsburgs?

4. What was Bryant Johnson's background?

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

6. What activities did Ginsburg enjoy that contradicted her image as a formal, cold person?

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

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

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

10. Why did Ginsburg believe in 1993 that technology would end the rest of the conflict over abortion, and why did technology not end the conflict?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How did Ginsburg defy stereotypes? What type of person was she? What is revealed about being your person through her life?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Marty and O’Connor suggested that Ginsburg hire a personal trainer after her first bout with cancer in 1999. Why did Marty and O’Connor suggest that Ginsburg hire a personal trainer? Why was it important for Ginsburg to be physically fit? What is demonstrated about the importance of exercise and physical fitness through Ginsburg’s work with a personal trainer?

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