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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. In Ginsburg’s growing up years, to what could a girl aspire, if she wanted to have a career?
(a) Teaching.
(b) Nursing.
(c) Lawyering.
(d) Mothering.

2. What does Ginsburg say is the difference between a New York City garment district bookkeeper and a Supreme Court justice?
(a) One generation.
(b) A few blocks.
(c) Several years of education.
(d) There is no difference.

3. Why does segregation in many schools still exist?
(a) The law has not completely changed for educational institutions.
(b) Geographical boundaries left over from segregation still remain.
(c) Many families are happy with the segregated schools their children attend.
(d) Many small towns still support segregation, but in a quiet way so as to not catch the attention of the federal government.

4. Who does Ginsburg say has control over the lives of hardworking, taxpaying illegal immigrants?
(a) Local law officials.
(b) The President of the United States.
(c) Local businesses.
(d) Congress.

5. What does Ginsburg think about inherent differences between men and women?
(a) They should be celebrated.
(b) They are embarrassing.
(c) They should be ignored.
(d) They do not exist.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Ginsburg see the Constitution as a remarkable institution?

2. According to Ginsburg, how did Judges and legislators of the 1960s and part of the 1970s view differential treatment of men and women?

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

4. How does Ginsburg feel about generalizations about the way women or men are?

5. What does Ginsburg believe was the founding fathers’ true purpose?

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