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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. According to Ginsburg, what did the Founding Fathers think about human rights?
(a) Human rights were subjective.
(b) Human rights were only for while males.
(c) Human rights were natural rights.
(d) Human rights were only for the educated.

2. Every modern human rights document has what statement?
(a) Men and women are equal before the law.
(b) Men and women are treated differently before the law.
(c) The laws do not apply to the wealthy.
(d) Men are equal before the law.

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) Figuratively.
(b) In a way that supports current public opinion.
(c) Literally.
(d) Loosely.

4. Which Amendment does Ginsburg believe is outdated in the sense that its function has become obsolete?
(a) The Tenth Amendment.
(b) The First Amendment.
(c) The Twenty-First Amendment.
(d) The Second Amendment.

5. What does Ginsburg believe Thomas Jefferson would do regarding how the idea of equality has expanded over the decades?
(a) He would mock it.
(b) He would not know what to think about it.
(c) He would applaud it.
(d) He would argue against it.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what does Justice Ginsburg consistently call?

2. Who was Ginsburg’s biggest booster?

3. Ginsburg became the first woman to join what prestigious group at Harvard?

4. Where and when was Ginsburg born?

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

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