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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. If Ginsburg had any talent God could have given her, what would she want to be?
(a) A great violinist.
(b) A great diva.
(c) A great painter.
(d) A great lawyer.

2. Ginsburg says that, in one sense, their mission in the 1970s regarding gender equality was easy. Why?
(a) Most men sided with the feminists.
(b) Everyone was ready for change.
(c) Ginsburg and her female colleagues were smarter than their male counterparts.
(d) There was nothing subtle about the way things were.

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

4. Why did Ginsburg endure discrimination?
(a) She was too exhausted to do anything else.
(b) She was not interested in changing the status quo.
(c) She thought it came with the territory.
(d) She was afraid of what her male colleagues would think if she complained.

5. How does Ginsburg describe the 2017 Women's March?
(a) She is saddened by the fact marches like this are still needed.
(b) She hopes that this march will be the last of its kind.
(c) She has never seen a march that was more inspirational.
(d) She feels that it did not send its purpose.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Ginsburg say were her role models as a child?

2. What case held Virginia's ban on interracial marriages unconstitutional?

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

4. In what year was the VRA first put into effect?

5. What is the hardest job Ginsburg says she has ever had?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Ginsburg address the concern that many will be overpaying for health insurance, when it comes to the Affordable Care Act?

2. What are two things that Ginsburg says to remember and honor the late Justice Antonin Scalia?

3. Why does Ginsburg’s believe that anti-abortion laws are dangerous?

4. Why does Ginsburg believe that contraceptives must be covered in health insurance plans?

5. Why is the number two Ginsburg’s lucky number?

6. Why did Ginsburg study in various bathrooms while a student at Cornell?

7. What does Ginsburg say about the Texas law that made consensual same-sex relations illegal?

8. Who are two women Ginsburg names in this section: Part II: Civil Liberties: Free to Be You and Me? Who were/are these women, based on what is given in this book? Why does Ginsburg make them?

9. What issues does Ginsberg have with Roe v. Wade?

10. What does Ginsburg say about Judge Learned Hand?

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