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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. The few women who braved law school in the 1950s and 1960s, it was generally supposed, presented what, regarding men?
(a) A real challenge for male students.
(b) A threat to the role of all women.
(c) Many questions that must be answered regarding the role of women in law.
(d) No real challenge or competition.

4. What type of argument is very important, because it is the first time all nine justices are thinking about issues together?
(a) Written argument.
(b) Deductive argument.
(c) Inductive argument.
(d) Oral argument.

5. What makes judges unlike legislators?
(a) Judges have better reasoning skills.
(b) Judges are not chosen by the people.
(c) Judges have to give reasons for every decision they make.
(d) Judges have achieved higher levels of education.

6. Why does Ginsburg believe the law exists?
(a) To teach society.
(b) To govern society.
(c) To restrict society.
(d) To control society.

7. Why does Ginsburg believe Supreme court judges are infallible?
(a) Because Supreme court judges completely understand the law.
(b) Because Supreme court judges are appointed for life.
(c) Because Supreme court judges are intelligent.
(d) Because Supreme court judges have short appointments.

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

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

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

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

12. Where and when was Ginsburg born?
(a) Brooklyn in 1933.
(b) Boston in 1933.
(c) Queens in 1943.
(d) Chicago in 1923.

13. What does Ginsburg consider probably the most important [recent case], in that the Court had an opportunity to stop making elections turn on who can raise the most money?
(a) Citizens United.
(b) United Friends of America.
(c) United Front.
(d) Americans United.

14. Women have played important roles regarding law, according to what sources?
(a) European kingdoms.
(b) The Constitution.
(c) Chinese history.
(d) Ancient texts.

15. Who did Ginsburg consider the most intelligent person she ever knew?
(a) Her father.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her husband.
(d) Her grandmother.

Short Answer Questions

1. From where does the Supreme Court’s power come?

2. Which Amendment does Ginsburg believe is outdated in the sense that its function has become obsolete?

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

4. A justice contemplating publication of a separate writing, should always ask herself what question?

5. What is an activist judge, according to Ginsburg?

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