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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. Until what year, was there the excuse that citizens who had no vote, no voice in making laws, had no business administering, enforcing, or interpreting them?
(a) 1929.
(b) 1917.
(c) 1933.
(d) 1920.

2. Some studies suggest that which profession is one of the most unhappy and unhealthy on the face of the earth?
(a) Legal.
(b) Finance.
(c) Teaching.
(d) Government.

3. 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.

4. Ginsburg says that she and other female law students felt that if they were called on in class, they had to get it right, because of what reason?
(a) If they did not, they would be a permanent disappointment to their families.
(b) If they did not, they would be kicked out of school.
(c) If they did not, they would be failing.
(d) If they did not, the male students would laugh in their faces.

5. To what did President Bill Clinton nominate Ginsburg?
(a) The Court of Appeals.
(b) Federal Court.
(c) The Supreme Court.
(d) District Attorney.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is the U.S. Constitution at the time Ginsburg mentions its age in a speech?

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

3. When does Ginsburg say it is appropriate for the Supreme Court to step in?

4. Who said, “If Ruth and I came of age in a time when there was no discrimination against women, we would be retired partners in a major law firm”?

5. What word is never used in the Constitution but is a burning problem?

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