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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 Zedek, Zedek, tirdof mean?
(a) Government, Government, do what is right.
(b) Justice, Justice shalt thou pursue.
(c) Leaders, Leaders guide your people well.
(d) Laws, Laws, are so tiresome.

2. Why does Ginsburg believe Supreme court judges are infallible?
(a) Because Supreme court judges have short appointments.
(b) Because Supreme court judges completely understand the law.
(c) Because Supreme court judges are intelligent.
(d) Because Supreme court judges are appointed for life.

3. From where did Ginsburg receive her undergraduate degree?
(a) Harvard.
(b) Princeton.
(c) Cornell.
(d) Yale.

4. Who is bound to be sympathetic to others who encounter discrimination?
(a) People who have known discrimination.
(b) The government.
(c) The poor.
(d) Those who are well-traveled.

5. What does Ginsburg believe was the founding fathers’ true purpose?
(a) To continue the belief that white men reign supreme.
(b) To create and maintain a society where all citizens have equal stature before the law.
(c) To create and perpetuate the belief that men are stronger and more capable than women.
(d) To conquer the entire Western Hemisphere.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Ginsburg consider the most intelligent person she ever knew?

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

3. Which Amendment does Ginsburg believe is outdated in the sense that its function has become obsolete?

4. Who was Ginsburg’s biggest booster?

5. Can the job of giving men and women equal rights be done without an equal rights amendment?

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