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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. What does Ginsburg believe was the founding fathers’ true purpose?

2. Why does Ginsburg believe Supreme court judges are infallible?

3. Why did Ginsburg live in Fort Sill, Oklahoma for a short time?

4. Today, about what percent of the nation’s law students are women?

5. What phrase was Ginsburg known to say often?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What does Ginsburg say about the diversity of the system of justice?

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

8. How did Ginsburg benefit from attending Cornell?

9. What are the hardest cases for Ginsburg and why does she believe she must still be involved in them?

10. Why does Ginsburg believe that the Citizens United case was so important?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Ginsburg says, “If we don’t protect the people we don’t like, we’re going to lose protections for ourselves” (77). To what amendment is she referring? What does she mean by this? Do you agree with her? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Ginsburg suffered from two bouts of cancer up to the writing of this book. How does she describe this experience? How does battling cancer affect her? What does this reveal or reinforce what you know about her? What can one learn from her experiences?

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