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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. What does Ginsburg say is the benefit of having judges with diverse backgrounds and experiences?
(a) Our system of justice is surely richer.
(b) Our system of justice struggles to find agreement.
(c) Our system of justice is too diverse
(d) Our system of justice does not function as easily as it used to.

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

3. Which Amendment does Ginsburg believe is outdated in the sense that its function has become obsolete?
(a) The Second Amendment.
(b) The Twenty-First Amendment.
(c) The First Amendment.
(d) The Tenth Amendment.

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

5. To what type of teacher does Ginsburg compare herself back in the 1970s?
(a) A math teacher.
(b) A kindergarten teacher.
(c) A political science teacher.
(d) An art teacher.

Short Answer Questions

1. What consequence can not be administered with an even hand?

2. What is Ginsburg craft, according to her?

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

4. Does Ginsburg believe it is ideology that keeps lawyers from helping to repair tears in their communities, nation, and world?

5. How does Ginsburg feel about generalizations about the way women or men are?

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