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

2. What does Ginsburg say is the benefit of having judges with diverse backgrounds and experiences?
(a) Our system of justice does not function as easily as it used to.
(b) Our system of justice is too diverse
(c) Our system of justice struggles to find agreement.
(d) Our system of justice is surely richer.

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

4. Ginsburg became the first woman to join what prestigious group at Harvard?
(a) Harvard Civil Rights Committee.
(b) Harvard Women’s Organization.
(c) Harvard Law Review.
(d) Harvard Honor Society.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Every modern human rights document has what statement?

2. Ginsburg only became engaged with the women’s rights movement at what time?

3. What would relieve the Court’s uneasiness in the gray zone between interpretation and amendment of the Constitution?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Ginsburg involve herself in death penalty cases?

2. What were the injustices being done by Joseph McCarthy and the House Un-American Activities Committee?

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

4. Why did Ginsburg struggle to find work, even after tying for first in her class at Columbia Law School?

5. What reason does Ginsburg give for why the press seldom talks about the high level of agreement among all of the justices?

6. How did Ginsburg and the Women's Rights Project go about dismantling discrimination laws?

7. What does Ginsburg believe regarding the area of law appropriate for women?

8. Why did it take so long for Ginsburg to get involved in the women's rights movement?

9. What does Ginsburg believe about the future of her dissents?

10. What does Ginsburg say is the one key to both her and Justice O’Connor’s opinions?

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