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

2. What really had to go after World War II, according to Ginsburg?
(a) The idea that women should be in the military.
(b) Apartheid in America.
(c) The US military.
(d) Multi-generational homes.

3. Supreme Court judges are infallible only because of what reason?
(a) They hold all the power.
(b) They are very intelligent.
(c) They know the law better than anyone else.
(d) They are final.

4. One of Ginsburg’s professors, Robert E. Cushman, called to his students’ attention the injustices of what organization?
(a) The McCarthy Club.
(b) The Sierra Club.
(c) The Anti-Communism Committee.
(d) The House Un-American Activities Committee.

5. The young who pay more than their fair share towards healthcare will do what in old age?
(a) Continue to pay more than their fair share.
(b) Pay what they should.
(c) Pay nothing.
(d) Pay less than their fair share.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where and when was Ginsburg born?

2. What is the problem with the wording, "Equality under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex”?

3. Any human rights guarantee that is phrased in grand, general terms is vulnerable to what campaign?

4. What is the name Ginsburg was given at birth?

5. 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?

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