This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I: The Law (The Law and the Constitution and Lawyers, Judges, and the Practice of Law).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what is a judge bound regarding court cases?
(a) To the laws as they were created and interpreted over 200 years ago.
(b) To decide each case fairly, in accord with the relevant facts and the applicable law.
(c) Public opinion.
(d) The beliefs of the other branches of the government.

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

3. What is the name Ginsburg was given at birth?
(a) Jill Ruth Bader.
(b) Ruth Joan Ginsburg.
(c) Joan Ruth Bader.
(d) Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

4. What is the basic statement in the Declaration of Independence that all persons are equally entitled to fundamental human rights?
(a) The Bill of Rights.
(b) The last few Amendments.
(c) The Preamble.
(d) The Seven Articles.

5. Who have benefited enormously from Ginsburg’s work?
(a) Both men and women.
(b) Women.
(c) Men.
(d) Children.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the equal protection jurisprudence in the United States say about the governing authorities regarding citizens and the equal protection of the laws?

2. Who recognized Ginsburg’s keen sense of justice when he appointed her to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit?

3. Where and when was Ginsburg born?

4. From where did Ginsburg receive her undergraduate degree?

5. Why did Ginsburg live in Fort Sill, Oklahoma for a short time?

(see the answer key)

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