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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II: Civil Liberties: Free to Be You and Me (American Rights and Values and Equal Justice Under 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, most definitely.
(b) Yes, in theory.
(c) Maybe.
(d) No.

2. What does Ginsburg say about people who do not see that their vote counts?
(a) They should be denied other rights, if they do not see the importance of their votes.
(b) It is not a good thing for democracy.
(c) They do not know enough about how voting works.
(d) It means that they are confident in who is already in charge.

3. What plan does Ginsburg say may hasten the closing of the divide between various races in the U.S.?
(a) The Civil Rights Movement.
(b) Affirmative Action.
(c) Black Lives Matter.
(d) The Me Too Movement.

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) The justices rarely agree.
(c) Agreement is kind of boring.
(d) They do not pay much attention to the judiciary branch.

5. How does Ginsburg say we can fight darkness and inhumanity?
(a) By using U.S. military might to fight our foes.
(b) By joining hands with others of like mind.
(c) By closing the US borders.
(d) By taking shelter in the security of our own nation.

Short Answer Questions

1. What really had to go after World War II, according to Ginsburg?

2. What word is never used in the Constitution but is a burning problem?

3. Maintaining what is always difficult in times of terror, according to Ginsburg?

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

5. What is Ginsburg craft, according to her?

(see the answer key)

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