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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. From where did Ginsburg receive her undergraduate degree?
2. Why did Ginsburg live in Fort Sill, Oklahoma for a short time?
3. To what is a judge bound regarding court cases?
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. In argument among the judges, what does not take place?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why did Ginsburg struggle to find work, even after tying for first in her class at Columbia Law School?
2. How did Ginsburg benefit from attending Cornell?
3. What reason does Ginsburg give for why the press seldom talks about the high level of agreement among all of the justices?
4. What were the injustices being done by Joseph McCarthy and the House Un-American Activities Committee?
5. What does Ginsburg think of campaign finance regulation?
6. Why does Ginsburg involve herself in death penalty cases?
7. How does Ginsburg, in a way, disagree with Hamilton's comment that the judiciary was the least dangerous branch because it possessed neither the purse nor the sword?
8. What is the purpose of a written dissent?
9. What are the hardest cases for Ginsburg and why does she believe she must still be involved in them?
10. What concerns Ginsburg regarding feminism and feminist legal theory, in particular?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
Ruth Bader Ginsburg's life and work has been extremely influential on the lives of everyday Americans. How has her work affected the lives of American citizens? What other events and organizations also played a role in the extensive changes that have taken place in American society and laws in the past seventy years? What connections exist between these events and organizations and Ruth Bader Ginsburg?
Essay Topic 3
Ruth Bader Ginsburg was encouraged to attend Cornell. Why was she encouraged to attend this school? Do you find this surprising? Why or why not? What does this say about the time period in which Ruth was born and raised?
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