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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. Can the job of giving men and women equal rights be done without an equal rights amendment?
(a) Yes, in theory.
(b) No.
(c) Yes, most definitely.
(d) Maybe.

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

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

4. According to the author, even when she is writing a dissent, Ginsburg’s words can be what?
(a) Both interesting and intelligent.
(b) Both outrageous and right.
(c) Both subtle and submissive.
(d) Both powerful and damning.

5. What is the problem with the wording, "Equality under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex”?
(a) People can distort its meaning.
(b) It does not include all people.
(c) It is prejudice.
(d) People will eagerly break this law.

Short Answer Questions

1. Ginsburg only became engaged with the women’s rights movement at what time?

2. What is an activist judge, according to Ginsburg?

3. What does Ginsburg consider herself, regarding her interpretation of the Constitution?

4. Some studies suggest that which profession is one of the most unhappy and unhealthy on the face of the earth?

5. When Ginsburg enrolled at Harvard Law School, she was one of how many women in a class of 500 students?

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