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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II: Civil Liberties: Free to Be You and Me (The History of the Women's Rights Movement, The Rights of Women, and Reproductive Rights).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Does Ginsburg believe it is ideology that keeps lawyers from helping to repair tears in their communities, nation, and world?
(a) Sometimes.
(b) Often.
(c) Yes, in general.
(d) No, not in general.

2. A justice contemplating publication of a separate writing, should always ask herself what question?
(a) Who is my audience?
(b) Will others take me seriously?
(c) Is this Constitutional?
(d) Is this dissent or concurrence really necessary?

3. What consequence can not be administered with an even hand?
(a) The death penalty.
(b) Life in prison.
(c) Jail sentences.
(d) Community service.

4. According to Ginsburg, what did the Founding Fathers think about human rights?
(a) Human rights were subjective.
(b) Human rights were only for the educated.
(c) Human rights were only for while males.
(d) Human rights were natural rights.

5. The few women who braved law school in the 1950s and 1960s, it was generally supposed, presented what, regarding men?
(a) Many questions that must be answered regarding the role of women in law.
(b) No real challenge or competition.
(c) A real challenge for male students.
(d) A threat to the role of all women.

Short Answer Questions

1. Most men of the bench and bar had what the French call what, regarding the unyielding conviction that women and lawyering do not mix?

2. Which Amendment does Ginsburg believe is outdated in the sense that its function has become obsolete?

3. How long did Ginsburg research cases and articles regarding gender in the law, when preparing a college course?

4. Who told Ginsburg she should change the wording from 'sex' to 'gender'?

5. Surely there was a chill wind for women in the law schools of the 1950s, although many of the female students barely noticed it. Why?

(see the answer key)

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