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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 (The History of the Women's Rights Movement, The Rights of Women, and Reproductive Rights).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Ginsburg says we remember Hitler's Europe, his Holocaust Kingdom, in what way and why?
(a) In awe, because he was so skilled a leader, albeit terrible.
(b) In anger, because it never should have happened.
(c) In fear, because she sees the US following the same course.
(d) In sorrow, because it was not lawless.

2. What does the equal protection jurisprudence in the United States say about the governing authorities regarding citizens and the equal protection of the laws?
(a) They shall deny this only for those 18 and over.
(b) They shall not deny this for any person.
(c) They decide on a individual basis how to apply the law for various individuals.
(d) They shall deny this only to criminals.

3. What does Ginsburg consider herself, regarding her interpretation of the Constitution?
(a) A textualist.
(b) A non-originalist.
(c) A structuralist.
(d) An originalist.

4. Why were women employees at one point not allowed health insurance coverage for their families?
(a) There was no such thing as health insurance for families.
(b) They were not considered the earner who counts.
(c) They were not trusted with such responsibility.
(d) They did not earn enough to cover family insurance.

5. What remedy best suited to block voting discrimination was terminated in 2013?
(a) The Voting Riots Act.
(b) The Voter Return Act.
(c) The Voter Republic Act.
(d) The Voting Rights Act.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ginsburg think about Criticism of the courts, and similarly criticism of other branches of government?

2. What does Ginsburg say is a two-edged sword?

3. A justice contemplating publication of a separate writing, should always ask herself what question?

4. In what year did Ginsburg begin the Women’s Rights Project?

5. Until what year, was there the excuse that citizens who had no vote, no voice in making laws, had no business administering, enforcing, or interpreting them?

(see the answer key)

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