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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. Although the judiciary branch does not possess either the purse or the sword, they do possess what two things?
(a) Humility and loyalty.
(b) Wealth and might.
(c) Reason and judgment.
(d) Intelligence and humor.

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

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

4. According to the author, even when she is writing a dissent, Ginsburg’s words can be what?
(a) Both powerful and damning.
(b) Both outrageous and right.
(c) Both subtle and submissive.
(d) Both interesting and intelligent.

5. How did Ginsburg feel when she saw the sign at the bed and breakfast saying that no dogs or Jews were allowed?
(a) She was upset, because she was proud of being born and bred in the USA.
(b) She was sad, because she really wanted to stay at that particular bed and breakfast.
(c) She was worried, because she thought the family was possibly part of the KKK.
(d) She was confused, as she is not Jewish.

Short Answer Questions

1. Ginsburg says we remember Hitler's Europe, his Holocaust Kingdom, in what way and why?

2. What was the breakthrough on the United States Supreme Court?

3. Ginsburg says the idea in the 1950s and 1960s regarding why a woman's voice could be tuned out was what?

4. What plan does Ginsburg say may hasten the closing of the divide between various races in the U.S.?

5. How does Ginsburg describe the 2017 Women's March?

(see the answer key)

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