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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 does Ginsburg believe was the founding fathers’ true purpose?
(a) To create and perpetuate the belief that men are stronger and more capable than women.
(b) To continue the belief that white men reign supreme.
(c) To create and maintain a society where all citizens have equal stature before the law.
(d) To conquer the entire Western Hemisphere.

2. According to Ginsburg, if one is to be a lawyer and just practice one's profession, one is very much like what other field?
(a) Teaching.
(b) A judge.
(c) A plumber.
(d) Congress.

3. Women were not on the bench in numbers, on the federal bench, until what president?
(a) Ronald Reagan.
(b) Dwight D. Eisenhower.
(c) Jimmy Carter.
(d) Calvin Coolidge.

4. What is the name Ginsburg was given at birth?
(a) Joan Ruth Bader.
(b) Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
(c) Ruth Joan Ginsburg.
(d) Jill Ruth Bader.

5. Does Ginsburg believe it is ideology that keeps lawyers from helping to repair tears in their communities, nation, and world?
(a) Often.
(b) Sometimes.
(c) Yes, in general.
(d) No, not in general.

Short Answer Questions

1. Supreme Court judges are infallible only because of what reason?

2. From where does the Supreme Court’s power come?

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

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

5. 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”?

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