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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Ginsburg says her son, James, was described as what by his teachers?
(a) Brilliant.
(b) Hyperactive.
(c) Slow.
(d) Shy.

2. What remedy best suited to block voting discrimination was terminated in 2013?
(a) The Voting Riots Act.
(b) The Voting Rights Act.
(c) The Voter Return Act.
(d) The Voter Republic Act.

3. What does Ginsburg say makes life beautiful, in the Washingtonian?
(a) Children.
(b) Democracy.
(c) Art.
(d) Law.

4. What important role does Ginsburg think the press has played regarding the government?
(a) Minions.
(b) Watchdog.
(c) Guide for telling the truth.
(d) Creator of false news.

5. What does Ginsburg say is a two-edged sword?
(a) Human sexuality.
(b) Every gender discrimination.
(c) The Civil Rights Movement.
(d) Women's rights.

6. What does Ginsburg call pregnancy discrimination?
(a) The Pregnancy Problem.
(b) The Reproductive Problem.
(c) The Baby Issue.
(d) The Female Reproductive Issue.

7. What does Ginsburg think of the expression, "women's rights"?
(a) It is a bit problematic.
(b) It is outdated.
(c) It describes the issue perfectly.
(d) It is completely inaccurate.

8. What does Ginsburg think about inherent differences between men and women?
(a) They should be ignored.
(b) They are embarrassing.
(c) They do not exist.
(d) They should be celebrated.

9. In a talk in 1978, Ginsburg says that Civil Rights laws do not prohibit discrimination on what basis?
(a) Sex.
(b) National origin.
(c) Religion.
(d) Race.

10. How does Ginsburg feel about generalizations about the way women or men are?
(a) Angry.
(b) Perfectly comfortable.
(c) Not concerned.
(d) Fearful or suspicious.

11. How many generations of women in Ginsburg’s family have attended Harvard Law School?
(a) 4.
(b) 1.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

12. How does Ginsburg say we can fight darkness and inhumanity?
(a) By joining hands with others of like mind.
(b) By taking shelter in the security of our own nation.
(c) By closing the US borders.
(d) By using U.S. military might to fight our foes.

13. 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 angers her.
(d) It bothers her.

14. What is one of Ginsburg’s fondest memories?
(a) Sitting on her mother’s lap, while she read to her.
(b) Playing the piano with her sister.
(c) Singing in her school choir.
(d) Going on hikes with her mother.

15. What does Ginsburg say saved her through her two bouts of cancer?
(a) Chemotherapy.
(b) Prayer.
(c) Organic food.
(d) Her work.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Ginsburg was on the Law Review at Harvard, why was she not allowed into Lamont Library?

2. At the University of Minnesota Law School, Ginsburg says you learn when?

3. What is a response that Ginsburg gives regarding what the labels liberal and conservative mean?

4. Maintaining what is always difficult in times of terror, according to Ginsburg?

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

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