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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What phrase was Ginsburg known to say often?
(a) That is not Constitutional.
(b) Free to be you and me.
(c) I know what is best.
(d) I object.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is the U.S. Constitution at the time Ginsburg mentions its age in a speech?

2. Who did Ginsburg consider the most intelligent person she ever knew?

3. The few women who braved law school in the 1950s and 1960s, it was generally supposed, presented what, regarding men?

4. Who was Ginsburg’s biggest booster?

5. Women have played important roles regarding law, according to what sources?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Ginsburg think it is important to ask the question, "Is this dissent or concurrence really necessary?"

2. Why does Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s husband recommend, when calling on a student in class to answer a question, to not choose the students whose hand goes up first?

3. What role did Ginsburg's mother, Celia, play in Ginsburg's upbringing?

4. How was Ginsburg recognized by Presidents of the United States?

5. What concerns Ginsburg regarding feminism and feminist legal theory, in particular?

6. How does Ginsburg, in a way, disagree with Hamilton's comment that the judiciary was the least dangerous branch because it possessed neither the purse nor the sword?

7. Why does Ginsburg consider the current conservative Court to be filled with activist judges?

8. How does Ginsburg see her role regarding the law?

9. What are Ginsburg's struggles as a liberal?

10. How did Ginsburg benefit from attending Cornell?

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