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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 long does Ginsburg say she will do her job?

2. How did Ginsburg feel when she saw the sign at the bed and breakfast saying that no dogs or Jews were allowed?

3. 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?

4. Who sought to educate the U.S. Supreme Court, step by step, about the pernicious effects of race discrimination?

5. What important role does Ginsburg think the press has played regarding the government?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. According to Ginsburg, why td women fail at the in-person interview stage in a hitting situation more often than men?

3. Why did Judge Palmieri give Ginsburg a chance and hire her to be his law clerk?

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

5. What does Ginsburg say about attending law school while being married with a child?

6. What is meant when Ginsburg quotes someone as saying the symbol of the U.S. is not the bald eagle but the pendulum?

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

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

9. 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?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Ginsburg says that she does not judge the past harshly. What does she mean by this? How does this reflect the way in which she interprets the Constitution? Do you agree with her? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

According to Ginsburg, why does the law exist? Why does she believe this? How has it influenced her life and her work? How has this affected everyday Americans?

Essay Topic 3

Ginsburg says there were many indignities that she had to endure, being a woman. What are two examples of these indignities, as mentioned in the book? How do women still suffer indignities today? In your opinion, do men suffer from similar indignities? Explain.

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