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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. Who said, “If Ruth and I came of age in a time when there was no discrimination against women, we would be retired partners in a major law firm”?
(a) Martin Ginsburg.
(b) Sandra Day O’Connor.
(c) Celia Bader.
(d) Florence Allen.

2. What allowed symphony orchestras to audition without knowing the person's gender?
(a) The judges closed their eyes.
(b) A curtain between the people auditioning and the judges.
(c) Those auditioning sent in recordings to be judged.
(d) The women all dressed as men.

3. What does Ginsburg think of most of her dissents?
(a) They are of little importance.
(b) They were not necessary.
(c) Others will never agree with her.
(d) They will be the law someday.

4. According to Ginsburg, when did our Constitution get perfected in regard to equality?
(a) After World War I.
(b) After the Civil War.
(c) After the War of 1812.
(d) After the Vietnam War.

5. Why did Ginsburg endure discrimination?
(a) She was too exhausted to do anything else.
(b) She thought it came with the territory.
(c) She was not interested in changing the status quo.
(d) She was afraid of what her male colleagues would think if she complained.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were the years that Ginsburg describes as hopeless, in regard to the women's rights movement?

2. What is far more important than the particular individuals who compose the Court’s bench at any given time?

3. Why does Ginsburg believe Supreme court judges are infallible?

4. Ginsburg says that she and other female law students felt that if they were called on in class, they had to get it right, because of what reason?

5. What does Ginsburg call pregnancy discrimination?

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