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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the name Ginsburg was given at birth?
(a) Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
(b) Ruth Joan Ginsburg.
(c) Jill Ruth Bader.
(d) Joan Ruth Bader.

3. Who did the Founding Father believe bestowed human rights?
(a) No one.
(b) A Higher Authority.
(c) The leaders of the nations.
(d) Kings and Queens.

4. Some studies suggest that which profession is one of the most unhappy and unhealthy on the face of the earth?
(a) Finance.
(b) Teaching.
(c) Legal.
(d) Government.

5. What consequence can not be administered with an even hand?
(a) The death penalty.
(b) Community service.
(c) Jail sentences.
(d) Life in prison.

6. What does Ginsburg believe Thomas Jefferson would do regarding how the idea of equality has expanded over the decades?
(a) He would not know what to think about it.
(b) He would applaud it.
(c) He would argue against it.
(d) He would mock it.

7. Supreme Court judges are infallible only because of what reason?
(a) They hold all the power.
(b) They are very intelligent.
(c) They know the law better than anyone else.
(d) They are final.

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

9. To what did President Bill Clinton nominate Ginsburg?
(a) The Supreme Court.
(b) The Court of Appeals.
(c) Federal Court.
(d) District Attorney.

10. Does Ginsburg believe an Equal Rights Amendment is a cure-all?
(a) No.
(b) Most likely yes.
(c) Yes.
(d) Possibly.

11. What is the basic statement in the Declaration of Independence that all persons are equally entitled to fundamental human rights?
(a) The last few Amendments.
(b) The Preamble.
(c) The Bill of Rights.
(d) The Seven Articles.

12. According to Ginsburg, when did our Constitution get perfected in regard to equality?
(a) After World War I.
(b) After the War of 1812.
(c) After the Vietnam War.
(d) After the Civil War.

13. According to the author, even when she is writing a dissent, Ginsburg’s words can be what?
(a) Both outrageous and right.
(b) Both interesting and intelligent.
(c) Both subtle and submissive.
(d) Both powerful and damning.

14. Until what year, was there the excuse that citizens who had no vote, no voice in making laws, had no business administering, enforcing, or interpreting them?
(a) 1917.
(b) 1929.
(c) 1920.
(d) 1933.

15. For what does Justice Ginsburg consistently call?
(a) A conservative stance regarding the Constitution.
(b) An upheaval of the laws as they were known and understood at the time.
(c) A reinforcement of the law as it was first written.
(d) An interpretation of the Constitution that regards all people equally before the law.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who recognized Ginsburg’s keen sense of justice when he appointed her to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit?

3. What does Ginsburg think about Criticism of the courts, and similarly criticism of other branches of government?

4. Today, about what percent of the nation’s law students are women?

5. When was the hardest time for Ginsburg on the U.S. Supreme Court?

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