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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 (The History of the Women's Rights Movement, The Rights of Women, and Reproductive Rights).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Although the judiciary branch does not possess either the purse or the sword, they do possess what two things?
(a) Wealth and might.
(b) Reason and judgment.
(c) Humility and loyalty.
(d) Intelligence and humor.

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”?
(a) Martin Ginsburg.
(b) Celia Bader.
(c) Sandra Day O’Connor.
(d) Florence Allen.

3. What would relieve the Court’s uneasiness in the gray zone between interpretation and amendment of the Constitution?
(a) The adoption of the Bill of Rights.
(b) The exclusion of the Bill of Rights.
(c) The adoption of the equal rights amendment.
(d) The exclusion of the equal rights amendment.

4. What should not enter into the way that a person is treated, according to Ginsburg?
(a) His or her age.
(b) His or her citizenship.
(c) His or her birth status.
(d) His or her intelligence.

5. How did the court respond in Reed v. Reed?
(a) It responded barely in favor of Sally Reed.
(b) It responded unanimously in favor of Sally Reed.
(c) It responded barely against Sally Reed.
(d) It responded unanimously against Sally Reed.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Ginsburg endure discrimination?

2. Most men of the bench and bar had what the French call what, regarding the unyielding conviction that women and lawyering do not mix?

3. To what type of teacher does Ginsburg compare herself back in the 1970s?

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

5. How does Ginsburg judge the past?

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