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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. Where did Ginsburg go in the summers of '62 and '63 that changed her mind regarding the women's rights movement?

2. What really had to go after World War II, according to Ginsburg?

3. Who does Ginsburg say has control over the lives of hardworking, taxpaying illegal immigrants?

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

5. What is the advice Ginsburg says her mother-in-law gave her regarding marriage?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what case does Ginsberg believe that anti-abortion laws are unconstitutional?

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

3. How was pregnancy discrimination the same as gender discrimination?

4. 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?

5. What does Ginsburg say about her suffering from two bouts of cancer?

6. 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?

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

8. What does Ginsburg say she would do if she were queen?

9. Why does Ginsburg believe Apartheid in America really needed to go after World War II?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Ginsburg says that up until the civil rights movement, women did not feel the need to get up in arms about the prejudice against them. Why is that? How might things be different in many fields if women had said enough is enough at a much earlier time? What might that have meant for women today?

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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