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

2. Ginsburg says that she and other female law students felt that if they were called on in class, they had to get it right, because of what reason?
(a) If they did not, they would be failing.
(b) If they did not, they would be a permanent disappointment to their families.
(c) If they did not, the male students would laugh in their faces.
(d) If they did not, they would be kicked out of school.

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

4. Ginsburg became the first woman to join what prestigious group at Harvard?
(a) Harvard Law Review.
(b) Harvard Civil Rights Committee.
(c) Harvard Women’s Organization.
(d) Harvard Honor Society.

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

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

3. When does Ginsburg say it is appropriate for the Supreme Court to step in?

4. Who told Ginsburg she should change the wording from 'sex' to 'gender'?

5. In 1837, Sara Grimke asked men to take their feet from what?

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