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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. What did Ginsburg’s husband admire most about her?
(a) Her kind heart.
(b) Her strong will.
(c) Her loud voice.
(d) Her intelligence.

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

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

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

5. A justice contemplating publication of a separate writing, should always ask herself what question?
(a) Will others take me seriously?
(b) Is this Constitutional?
(c) Is this dissent or concurrence really necessary?
(d) Who is my audience?

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ginsburg say is the benefit of having judges with diverse backgrounds and experiences?

2. Surely there was a chill wind for women in the law schools of the 1950s, although many of the female students barely noticed it. Why?

3. For what does Justice Ginsburg consistently call?

4. In argument among the judges, what does not take place?

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

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