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

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 a permanent disappointment to their families.
(b) If they did not, they would be failing.
(c) If they did not, they would be kicked out of school.
(d) If they did not, the male students would laugh in their faces.

3. What is NOT a reason for why Ginsburg was not given equal pay, when she was hired at Rutgers in 1963?
(a) Her husband had a good job.
(b) She was not as qualified as her male colleagues.
(c) The school had limited funds.
(d) She is female.

4. Who was Ginsburg’s professor at Cornell who changed the way she read and wrote?
(a) Wassily Beluska.
(b) Vladimir Nabokov.
(c) Vladimir Putin.
(d) Wassily Kandinsky.

5. A justice contemplating publication of a separate writing, should always ask herself what question?
(a) Is this Constitutional?
(b) Will others take me seriously?
(c) Who is my audience?
(d) Is this dissent or concurrence really necessary?

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year was the VRA first put into effect?

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

3. What does the equal protection jurisprudence in the United States say about the governing authorities regarding citizens and the equal protection of the laws?

4. What are the hardest cases for Ginsdburg?

5. What year did Title VII become effective?

(see the answer key)

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