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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 phrase was Ginsburg known to say often?
(a) Free to be you and me.
(b) That is not Constitutional.
(c) I know what is best.
(d) I object.

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

3. Supreme Court judges are infallible only because of what reason?
(a) They hold all the power.
(b) They know the law better than anyone else.
(c) They are final.
(d) They are very intelligent.

4. How does Ginsburg feel about women arguing every kind of case that comes before the court?
(a) It makes her laugh.
(b) It frustrates her.
(c) It worries her.
(d) It gives her great pleasure.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ginsburg think about Criticism of the courts, and similarly criticism of other branches of government?

2. Although the judiciary branch does not possess either the purse or the sword, they do possess what two things?

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

4. What does Ginsburg see as the principal mission of the Supreme Court?

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

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