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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Most men of the bench and bar had what the French call what, regarding the unyielding conviction that women and lawyering do not mix?
(a) Idée forte.
(b) Idée fixe.
(c) La tradition.
(d) Nationalité superbe.

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

3. What does Ginsburg consider herself, regarding her interpretation of the Constitution?
(a) A structuralist.
(b) An originalist.
(c) A textualist.
(d) A non-originalist.

4. Can the job of giving men and women equal rights be done without an equal rights amendment?
(a) Maybe.
(b) Yes, in theory.
(c) Yes, most definitely.
(d) No.

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

6. Ginsburg only became engaged with the women’s rights movement at what time?
(a) When she became a member of the Supreme Court.
(b) When she was a student at Columbia.
(c) When she was a professor.
(d) When she lost her first civil rights case.

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

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

9. Who have benefited enormously from Ginsburg’s work?
(a) Women.
(b) Both men and women.
(c) Men.
(d) Children.

10. How does Ginsburg feel about women arguing every kind of case that comes before the court?
(a) It worries her.
(b) It gives her great pleasure.
(c) It makes her laugh.
(d) It frustrates her.

11. 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) 1929.
(b) 1920.
(c) 1933.
(d) 1917.

12. In argument among the judges, what does not take place?
(a) Pleasantries.
(b) Dissent.
(c) Agreement.
(d) Vote trading.

13. What did Ginsburg’s husband admire most about her?
(a) Her kind heart.
(b) Her strong will.
(c) Her loud voice.
(d) Her intelligence.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the basic statement in the Declaration of Independence that all persons are equally entitled to fundamental human rights?

2. What does Ginsburg believe was the founding fathers’ true purpose?

3. Where and when was Ginsburg born?

4. Supreme Court judges are infallible only because of what reason?

5. What are the hardest cases for Ginsdburg?

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