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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. Who have benefited enormously from Ginsburg’s work?
(a) Men.
(b) Children.
(c) Both men and women.
(d) Women.

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

3. According to Ginsburg’s husband, who was a law school teacher, whose hand would shout up first to answer a question?
(a) A male’s.
(b) A female’s.
(c) A smart student’s.
(d) An older student’s.

4. What is the reason that Ginsburg gives for why the press seldom talks about the high level of agreement among all of the justices?
(a) Only the truth mattered to the press.
(b) Agreement is kind of boring.
(c) The justices rarely agree.
(d) They do not pay much attention to the judiciary branch.

5. The Supreme Court, unlike the political branches of government, is what kind of institution?
(a) A totally inactive institution.
(b) A totally reactive institution.
(c) A totally proactive institution.
(d) A totally refractive institution.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author, even when she is writing a dissent, Ginsburg’s words can be what?

2. What does Zedek, Zedek, tirdof mean?

3. Where and when was Ginsburg born?

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

5. To what did President Bill Clinton nominate Ginsburg?

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