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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. In 1837, Sara Grimke asked men to take their feet from what?
(a) Our laps.
(b) Our backs.
(c) Our necks.
(d) Their shoes.

2. Women were not on the bench in numbers, on the federal bench, until what president?
(a) Dwight D. Eisenhower.
(b) Jimmy Carter.
(c) Calvin Coolidge.
(d) Ronald Reagan.

3. Who told Ginsburg she should change the wording from 'sex' to 'gender'?
(a) Her secretary at Columbia Law School.
(b) Her husband.
(c) Her best friend.
(d) Her daughter.

4. Why should the courts stay out of the business of evaluating the merits of religious groups?
(a) They may ban all religions.
(b) They may be accused of favoring one religion over another.
(c) They know nothing about religion.
(d) They may allow less religious freedoms.

5. Why did Ginsburg endure discrimination?
(a) She thought it came with the territory.
(b) She was afraid of what her male colleagues would think if she complained.
(c) She was not interested in changing the status quo.
(d) She was too exhausted to do anything else.

Short Answer Questions

1. Although security is important, what else does Ginsburg say must be preserved, in times of terror?

2. Why were women employees at one point not allowed health insurance coverage for their families?

3. The few women who braved law school in the 1950s and 1960s, it was generally supposed, presented what, regarding men?

4. 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?

5. What allowed symphony orchestras to audition without knowing the person's gender?

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