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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. According to Ginsburg, who is affected the most by anti-abortion laws?
(a) All women.
(b) Blank women.
(c) White women.
(d) Poor women.

2. Some studies suggest that which profession is one of the most unhappy and unhealthy on the face of the earth?
(a) Teaching.
(b) Finance.
(c) Government.
(d) Legal.

3. Who told Ginsburg she should change the wording from 'sex' to 'gender'?
(a) Her secretary at Columbia Law School.
(b) Her husband.
(c) Her best friend.
(d) Her daughter.

4. What does Ginsburg consider herself, regarding her interpretation of the Constitution?
(a) An originalist.
(b) A non-originalist.
(c) A structuralist.
(d) A textualist.

5. According to Ginsburg’s husband, who was a law school teacher, whose hand would shout up first to answer a question?
(a) A smart student’s.
(b) An older student’s.
(c) A female’s.
(d) A male’s.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why were gender lines struck down, one case after another, in the 1970s, according to Ginsburg?

2. What does Ginsburg believe Thomas Jefferson would do regarding how the idea of equality has expanded over the decades?

3. According to Ginsburg, when did our Constitution get perfected in regard to equality?

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

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

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