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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III: A Life of Her Own and Milestones.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why were gender lines struck down, one case after another, in the 1970s, according to Ginsburg?
(a) The actions of those in the 1950s and 1960s had paved the way.
(b) The lawyers were better at making their cases against gender discrimination.
(c) The judges and legislators had changed.
(d) Society had changed.

2. Ginsburg describes a summer education program run by Princeton in which girls are not allowed. Why?
(a) They are not smart enough.
(b) They do not have the facilities to accommodate girls.
(c) They distract boys from their studies.
(d) They cannot attend Princeton.

3. What advice did Ginsburg’s father-in-law give her, when she said she was not sure if she could manage a young child and law school?
(a) If you really want to be a lawyer, you will stop feeling sorry for yourself and you will find a way to do it.
(b) Do not complain to me, if you want advice.
(c) You should consider an easier career.
(d) You cannot be both a good mother and a good lawyer.

4. How does Ginsburg feel when people say to make it to the top of the tree you have to give up a family?
(a) It does not phase her.
(b) It pleases her.
(c) It bothers her.
(d) It angers her.

5. What does Zedek, Zedek, tirdof mean?
(a) Government, Government, do what is right.
(b) Justice, Justice shalt thou pursue.
(c) Leaders, Leaders guide your people well.
(d) Laws, Laws, are so tiresome.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens if we do not protect the people we do not like, according to Ginsburg?

2. Can the job of giving men and women equal rights be done without an equal rights amendment?

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

4. What does Ginsburg say she did to hide a pregnancy while a professor at Rutgers?

5. Does Ginsburg believe it is ideology that keeps lawyers from helping to repair tears in their communities, nation, and world?

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