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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Introduction .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Ginsburg became the first woman to join what prestigious group at Harvard?
(a) Harvard Civil Rights Committee.
(b) Harvard Honor Society.
(c) Harvard Women’s Organization.
(d) Harvard Law Review.

2. Who recognized Ginsburg’s keen sense of justice when he appointed her to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit?
(a) President Richard Nixon.
(b) President Jimmy Carter.
(c) President George Bush.
(d) President Ronald Reagan.

3. From where did Ginsburg receive her undergraduate degree?
(a) Harvard.
(b) Cornell.
(c) Yale.
(d) Princeton.

4. Why did Ginsburg live in Fort Sill, Oklahoma for a short time?
(a) She has close family there.
(b) She has always loved the state of Oklahoma.
(c) Martin was stationed there during the Korean War.
(d) This is where she received her first law clerk position.

5. Where and when was Ginsburg born?
(a) Queens in 1943.
(b) Brooklyn in 1933.
(c) Chicago in 1923.
(d) Boston in 1933.

Short Answer Questions

1. One of Ginsburg’s professors, Robert E. Cushman, called to his students’ attention the injustices of what organization?

2. According to the author, even when she is writing a dissent, Ginsburg’s words can be what?

3. What is the name Ginsburg was given at birth?

4. To what did President Bill Clinton nominate Ginsburg?

5. For what does Justice Ginsburg consistently call?

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