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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I: The Law (The Law and the Constitution and Lawyers, Judges, and the Practice of Law).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word is never used in the Constitution but is a burning problem?
(a) Feminism.
(b) Illegal aliens.
(c) Slavery.
(d) Homosexuality.

2. What is Ginsburg craft, according to her?
(a) Working with and for the other branches of the government.
(b) Working against those with opposing views.
(c) Working to change the interpretation of the Constitution.
(d) Working with and for the law.

3. 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?
(a) Loosely.
(b) In a way that supports current public opinion.
(c) Literally.
(d) Figuratively.

4. From where does the Supreme Court’s power come?
(a) Its military might and wealth.
(b) The Congress and Senate.
(c) Its reason and judgment.
(d) Its intelligence and education.

5. What does Zedek, Zedek, tirdof mean?
(a) Justice, Justice shalt thou pursue.
(b) Government, Government, do what is right.
(c) Laws, Laws, are so tiresome.
(d) Leaders, Leaders guide your people well.

Short Answer Questions

1. Can the job of giving men and women equal rights be done without an equal rights amendment?

2. What did Ginsburg’s husband admire most about her?

3. According to Ginsburg, if one is to be a lawyer and just practice one's profession, one is very much like what other field?

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

5. According to Ginsburg, what did the Founding Fathers think about human rights?

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