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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I: The Law (The Supreme Court and Women and the Law).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what is a judge bound regarding court cases?
(a) The beliefs of the other branches of the government.
(b) Public opinion.
(c) To decide each case fairly, in accord with the relevant facts and the applicable law.
(d) To the laws as they were created and interpreted over 200 years ago.

2. According to Ginsburg, what did the Founding Fathers think about human rights?
(a) Human rights were subjective.
(b) Human rights were natural rights.
(c) Human rights were only for the educated.
(d) Human rights were only for while males.

3. What would relieve the Court’s uneasiness in the gray zone between interpretation and amendment of the Constitution?
(a) The exclusion of the equal rights amendment.
(b) The adoption of the Bill of Rights.
(c) The exclusion of the Bill of Rights.
(d) The adoption of the equal rights amendment.

4. 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 President of the United States.
(c) North America.
(d) The institution Ginsburg and her colleagues serve.

5. What does the equal protection jurisprudence in the United States say about the governing authorities regarding citizens and the equal protection of the laws?
(a) They shall not deny this for any person.
(b) They decide on a individual basis how to apply the law for various individuals.
(c) They shall deny this only for those 18 and over.
(d) They shall deny this only to criminals.

Short Answer Questions

1. Women have played important roles regarding law, according to what sources?

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

3. Why did Ginsburg live in Fort Sill, Oklahoma for a short time?

4. Which Amendment does Ginsburg believe is outdated in the sense that its function has become obsolete?

5. A widely used property law casebook, in an edition published in 1968, offered what bit of comic relief?

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