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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. What remedy best suited to block voting discrimination was terminated in 2013?
(a) The Voter Return Act.
(b) The Voting Rights Act.
(c) The Voter Republic Act.
(d) The Voting Riots Act.

2. What does the equal protection jurisprudence in the United States say about the governing authorities regarding citizens and the equal protection of the laws?
(a) They decide on a individual basis how to apply the law for various individuals.
(b) They shall not deny this for any person.
(c) They shall deny this only for those 18 and over.
(d) They shall deny this only to criminals.

3. What does Ginsburg see as the principal mission of the Supreme Court?
(a) To provide multiple interpretations of the law.
(b) To interpret the Constitution the exact same way the Founding Fathers did.
(c) To keep the law of the United States more or less uniform.
(d) To preside over the lower judges.

4. Why should the courts stay out of the business of evaluating the merits of religious groups?
(a) They know nothing about religion.
(b) They may be accused of favoring one religion over another.
(c) They may allow less religious freedoms.
(d) They may ban all religions.

5. One of Ginsburg’s professors, Robert E. Cushman, called to his students’ attention the injustices of what organization?
(a) The Anti-Communism Committee.
(b) The McCarthy Club.
(c) The House Un-American Activities Committee.
(d) The Sierra Club.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Ginsburg describe the American Dream?

2. In addition to graduating with honors, of what prestigious organization was Ginsburg a member?

3. What should not enter into the way that a person is treated, according to Ginsburg?

4. Who recognized Ginsburg’s keen sense of justice when he appointed her to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit?

5. Who have benefited enormously from Ginsburg’s work?

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