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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. Where and when was Ginsburg born?
(a) Chicago in 1923.
(b) Brooklyn in 1933.
(c) Queens in 1943.
(d) Boston in 1933.
2. In Ginsburg’s growing up years, to what could a girl aspire, if she wanted to have a career?
(a) Mothering.
(b) Lawyering.
(c) Nursing.
(d) Teaching.
3. Can the job of giving men and women equal rights be done without an equal rights amendment?
(a) Yes, most definitely.
(b) Yes, in theory.
(c) No.
(d) Maybe.
4. According to Ginsburg, to make sure that the judges are not infusing their own beliefs and ideas into the constitutional text, how should the law be read?
(a) In a way that supports current public opinion.
(b) Literally.
(c) Loosely.
(d) Figuratively.
5. In argument among the judges, what does not take place?
(a) Agreement.
(b) Vote trading.
(c) Pleasantries.
(d) Dissent.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who was Ginsburg’s biggest booster?
2. What is far more important than the particular individuals who compose the Court’s bench at any given time?
3. Does Ginsburg believe it is ideology that keeps lawyers from helping to repair tears in their communities, nation, and world?
4. 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?
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. What are Ginsburg's struggles as a liberal?
2. What does Ginsburg say is the one key to both her and Justice O’Connor’s opinions?
3. What does Ginsburg think of campaign finance regulation?
4. What does Ginsburg say about the diversity of the system of justice?
5. Why did it take so long for Ginsburg to get involved in the women's rights movement?
6. What does Ginsburg say regarding studies on job satisfaction for those in the legal profession?
7. What does a University of Michigan survey say about lawyers who have graduated from their law school?
8. What reason does Ginsburg give for why the press seldom talks about the high level of agreement among all of the justices?
9. What does Ginsburg believe about the future of her dissents?
10. How did Ginsburg benefit from attending Cornell?
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