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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. Ginsburg became the first woman to join what prestigious group at Harvard?
(a) Harvard Law Review.
(b) Harvard Honor Society.
(c) Harvard Civil Rights Committee.
(d) Harvard Women’s Organization.

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

3. A widely used property law casebook, in an edition published in 1968, offered what bit of comic relief?
(a) “Land, like Native Americans, must be purchased.”
(b) “Land, like woman, was meant to be possessed.”
(c) “Homes, like wealth, should only be for the privileged.”
(d) “Property, like dogs, must be groomed.”

4. Can the job of giving men and women equal rights be done without an equal rights amendment?
(a) Yes, in theory.
(b) No.
(c) Maybe.
(d) Yes, most definitely.

5. How did Ginsburg feel when she saw the sign at the bed and breakfast saying that no dogs or Jews were allowed?
(a) She was confused, as she is not Jewish.
(b) She was worried, because she thought the family was possibly part of the KKK.
(c) She was upset, because she was proud of being born and bred in the USA.
(d) She was sad, because she really wanted to stay at that particular bed and breakfast.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is an activist judge, according to Ginsburg?

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

3. When was the hardest time for Ginsburg on the U.S. Supreme Court?

4. To what is a judge bound regarding court cases?

5. According to Ginsburg, when did our Constitution get perfected in regard to equality?

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