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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. What year did Title VII become effective?
(a) 1975,
(b) 1969.
(c) 1956.
(d) 1965.

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

3. What makes judges unlike legislators?
(a) Judges have to give reasons for every decision they make.
(b) Judges are not chosen by the people.
(c) Judges have better reasoning skills.
(d) Judges have achieved higher levels of education.

4. When Ginsburg enrolled at Harvard Law School, she was one of how many women in a class of 500 students?
(a) 100.
(b) 9.
(c) 2.
(d) 50.

5. According to Ginsburg, a great man once said that the symbol of the United States is not the bald eagle but what?
(a) The automobile.
(b) The pendulum.
(c) The dollar.
(d) The crow.

Short Answer Questions

1. Ginsburg only became engaged with the women’s rights movement at what time?

2. Surely there was a chill wind for women in the law schools of the 1950s, although many of the female students barely noticed it. Why?

3. Why did Ginsburg endure discrimination?

4. The young who pay more than their fair share towards healthcare will do what in old age?

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

(see the answer key)

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