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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. Who are the two people to whom Ginsburg attributes her law school success?

2. What does Ginsburg say she did to hide a pregnancy while a professor at Rutgers?

3. Who was Ginsburg’s professor at Cornell who changed the way she read and wrote?

4. How many generations of women in Ginsburg’s family have attended Harvard Law School?

5. What does Ginsburg say about special treatment towards women?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are two things that Ginsburg says to remember and honor the late Justice Antonin Scalia?

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

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

4. Who does Ginsburg say are the most impoverished around the world? Why?

5. 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?

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

7. Who are two women Ginsburg names in this section: Part II: Civil Liberties: Free to Be You and Me? Who were/are these women, based on what is given in this book? Why does Ginsburg make them?

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

9. How does Ginsburg address the concern that many will be overpaying for health insurance, when it comes to the Affordable Care Act?

10. What does Ginsburg say about Judge Learned Hand?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

In 2017, Ginsburg mentions in a speech that a great jurist once said the way to fight false facts is by true facts. What does this mean? How might this be important today? What might be the trouble with this fact finding and fighting?

Essay Topic 3

What is Ginsburg's response regarding the jaded and unhappy attitude of many in the legal profession? What does this reflect about her attitude about the profession? How this attitude seen in her life's work? How could other lawyers and judges learn from her attitude?

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