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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. 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?
(a) The men were treated even worse in law school than the women.
(b) They were too busy studying to notice.
(c) They had thick skin and did not let it get to them.
(d) It was expected, taken for granted.

2. When was the hardest time for Ginsburg on the U.S. Supreme Court?
(a) When she was first appointed.
(b) When she neared retirement.
(c) When she was the only liberal judge.
(d) When she was the only female on the court after Sandra Day O’Connor retired.

3. Any human rights guarantee that is phrased in grand, general terms is vulnerable to what campaign?
(a) A rebranding campaign.
(b) A canvassing campaign.
(c) A contest marketing campaign.
(d) A scare campaign.

4. What does Ginsburg consider herself, regarding her interpretation of the Constitution?
(a) A textualist.
(b) A non-originalist.
(c) A structuralist.
(d) An originalist.

5. What does Ginsburg consider probably the most important [recent case], in that the Court had an opportunity to stop making elections turn on who can raise the most money?
(a) United Front.
(b) Americans United.
(c) Citizens United.
(d) United Friends of America.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Ginsburg’s husband, who was a law school teacher, whose hand would shout up first to answer a question?

2. 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”?

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

4. To what did President Bill Clinton nominate Ginsburg?

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

(see the answer key)

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