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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 are the two people to whom Ginsburg attributes her law school success?
(a) Her mother and father.
(b) Her in-laws.
(c) Her colleagues.
(d) Her husband and daughter.

2. What does Ginsburg say about people who do not see that their vote counts?
(a) They should be denied other rights, if they do not see the importance of their votes.
(b) It means that they are confident in who is already in charge.
(c) They do not know enough about how voting works.
(d) It is not a good thing for democracy.

3. Why did Ginsburg's client, Stephen Wisenfeld, not apply for social security benefits as caretaker of a deceased wage earner's child?
(a) The law provided child-in-care benefits for both widowed mothers and fathers.
(b) The law provided child-in-care benefits for widowed mothers only.
(c) The law provided child-in-care benefits for widowed fathers only.
(d) The law did not provide child-in-care benefits for widowed mothers or fathers.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Ginsburg says that, in one sense, their mission in the 1970s regarding gender equality was easy. Why?

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

3. What did Martin want to get Ginsburg after her colon-cancer surgery, because she looked too thin and frail?

4. What advice did Ginsburg’s father-in-law give her, when she said she was not sure if she could manage a young child and law school?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Although Ginsburg believes that the etching above the Supreme Court’s entrance, “Equal Justice Under Law” has been realized for many minority groups, it has not been realized for what group?

2. What does Ginsburg say about Judge Learned Hand?

3. How was pregnancy discrimination the same as gender discrimination?

4. What does Ginsburg believe should be done regarding illegal immigrants?

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

6. What does Ginsburg say about someone having it all in life?

7. What are two ways in which Ginsburg was discriminated against as an employee at Rutgers?

8. What did the dean of Harvard Law School do to the women in the first-year class?

9. What does Ginsburg say she would do if she were queen?

10. Why does Ginsburg believe it is important for the courts to stay out of the business of putting one religion and its beliefs up against another?

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