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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. In argument among the judges, what does not take place?
(a) Agreement.
(b) Dissent.
(c) Vote trading.
(d) Pleasantries.

2. What it one main reason for why it took lawmen so long to accept women into the field?
(a) Tradition.
(b) Overloaded schedules.
(c) Fear.
(d) T enough room for women in law schools.

3. When Ginsburg enrolled at Harvard Law School, she was one of how many women in a class of 500 students?
(a) 100.
(b) 50.
(c) 2.
(d) 9.

4. 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.

5. What are the hardest cases for Ginsdburg?
(a) The cases involving minorities or women.
(b) The cases involving children.
(c) Death penalty cases.
(d) The intricate cases.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Ginsburg, what did the Founding Fathers think about human rights?

2. In what year did Ginsburg begin the Women’s Rights Project?

3. 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?

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

5. A widely used property law casebook, in an edition published in 1968, offered what bit of comic relief?

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