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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 (American Rights and Values and Equal Justice Under the Law).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ginsburg say is the difference between a New York City garment district bookkeeper and a Supreme Court justice?
(a) One generation.
(b) Several years of education.
(c) There is no difference.
(d) A few blocks.

2. The court today arms the police with a way to routinely dishonor what amendment, regarding warrants?
(a) The Sixth Amendment.
(b) The Second Amendment.
(c) The Tenth Amendment.
(d) The Fourth Amendment.

3. According to Ginsburg, to make sure that the judges are not infusing their own beliefs and ideas into the constitutional text, how should the law be read?
(a) Literally.
(b) Figuratively.
(c) Loosely.
(d) In a way that supports current public opinion.

4. In what year did Ginsburg begin the Women’s Rights Project?
(a) 1982.
(b) 1969.
(c) 1972.
(d) 1979.

5. Does Ginsburg believe an Equal Rights Amendment is a cure-all?
(a) Most likely yes.
(b) No.
(c) Possibly.
(d) Yes.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Ginsburg judge the past?

2. How does Ginsburg feel about women arguing every kind of case that comes before the court?

3. What case held Virginia's ban on interracial marriages unconstitutional?

4. Why does Ginsburg see the Constitution as a remarkable institution?

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

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