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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 Ginsburg’s growing up years, to what could a girl aspire, if she wanted to have a career?
(a) Nursing.
(b) Mothering.
(c) Lawyering.
(d) Teaching.

2. Supreme Court judges are infallible only because of what reason?
(a) They are final.
(b) They are very intelligent.
(c) They know the law better than anyone else.
(d) They hold all the power.

3. What were the years that Ginsburg describes as hopeless, in regard to the women's rights movement?
(a) The '40s, '50s, and '60s.
(b) The '50s, '60s, and '70s.
(c) The '20s, '30s, and '40s.
(d) The '60s, '70s, and '80s.

4. What does Ginsburg think of most of her dissents?
(a) They will be the law someday.
(b) Others will never agree with her.
(c) They were not necessary.
(d) They are of little importance.

5. Who is bound to be sympathetic to others who encounter discrimination?
(a) Those who are well-traveled.
(b) People who have known discrimination.
(c) The government.
(d) The poor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Ginsburg consider the most intelligent person she ever knew?

2. Why does Ginsburg believe Supreme court judges are infallible?

3. Most men of the bench and bar had what the French call what, regarding the unyielding conviction that women and lawyering do not mix?

4. 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?

5. What does Ginsburg consider herself, regarding her interpretation of the Constitution?

(see the answer key)

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