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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. How does Ginsburg feel about women arguing every kind of case that comes before the court?
2. For what does Justice Ginsburg consistently call?
3. Can the job of giving men and women equal rights be done without an equal rights amendment?
4. Does Ginsburg believe it is ideology that keeps lawyers from helping to repair tears in their communities, nation, and world?
5. Why does Ginsburg believe the law exists?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Ginsburg say regarding studies on job satisfaction for those in the legal profession?
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. How does Ginsburg see her role regarding the law?
4. What is the purpose of a written dissent?
5. What does Ginsburg believe about the future of her dissents?
6. What does a University of Michigan survey say about lawyers who have graduated from their law school?
7. What does Ginsburg say about the position of women as members of the courts?
8. What reason does Ginsburg give for why the press seldom talks about the high level of agreement among all of the justices?
9. How did Ginsburg benefit from attending Cornell?
10. What does Ginsburg believe regarding the area of law appropriate for women?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
There are many quotes regarding Ginsburg’s thoughts on dissents. First, what is a dissent? Second, what are Ginsburg’s thoughts regarding them? How is this important? What does this say about her?
Essay Topic 2
Ginsburg says that it is not just men who slow the progress of the women’s rights movement. Why might women keep women from getting closer to true equality? What are ways that women put each other down? Why does this happen? What could be done to change this attitude and behavior of some women?
Essay Topic 3
Pregnant women, especially a few decades ago, were considered labor force outcasts. Why might this have been the case? Is this still the case today? Explain. What has been done to change this? What needs to be done or continue to be done to keep job opportunities open to pregnant women?
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