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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 case held Virginia's ban on interracial marriages unconstitutional?
(a) Plessy v. Ferguson.
(b) Brown v. Virginia.
(c) Loving v. Virginia.
(d) Roe v. Wade.

2. What are the hardest cases for Ginsdburg?
(a) The cases involving minorities or women.
(b) The cases involving children.
(c) Death penalty cases.
(d) The intricate cases.

3. What is far more important than the particular individuals who compose the Court’s bench at any given time?
(a) The other legislative branches.
(b) The institution Ginsburg and her colleagues serve.
(c) The President of the United States.
(d) North America.

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

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 crow.
(c) The pendulum.
(d) The dollar.

Short Answer Questions

1. Does Ginsburg believe it is ideology that keeps lawyers from helping to repair tears in their communities, nation, and world?

2. Every modern human rights document has what statement?

3. What does Ginsburg see as the principal mission of the Supreme Court?

4. According to Ginsburg, who is affected the most by anti-abortion laws?

5. What are the two factors Ginsburg lists as to why the atmosphere regarding the women's rights movement changed in the late 1960s?

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