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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. 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?
(a) They were too busy studying to notice.
(b) They had thick skin and did not let it get to them.
(c) It was expected, taken for granted.
(d) The men were treated even worse in law school than the women.

2. Most men of the bench and bar had what the French call what, regarding the unyielding conviction that women and lawyering do not mix?
(a) La tradition.
(b) Nationalité superbe.
(c) Idée forte.
(d) Idée fixe.

3. Why did Ginsburg pick the ACLU?
(a) They allowed Ginsburg to do as she pleased.
(b) They cared about the rights of all people.
(c) They cared about black rights.
(d) They cared about women's rights.

4. What is missing from the 1787 Constitution and from the Bill of Rights?
(a) The equality guarantee.
(b) Citizens are protected from unreasonable search and seizure.
(c) The right to bear arms.
(d) Freedom of speech.

5. How does Ginsburg feel about generalizations about the way women or men are?
(a) Fearful or suspicious.
(b) Perfectly comfortable.
(c) Angry.
(d) Not concerned.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what is a judge bound regarding court cases?

2. Why was it considered okay for women to be left out of jury duty?

3. Women were not on the bench in numbers, on the federal bench, until what president?

4. What word is never used in the Constitution but is a burning problem?

5. Ginsburg describes 1950s graffiti. What does this graffiti NOT say?

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