What Do David Souter, Ruth Bader Ginsberg, Clarence Thomas, and Stephen

question 149

Multiple Choice

What do David Souter, Ruth Bader Ginsberg, Clarence Thomas, and Stephen Breyer have in common?

• A) They all joined the Supreme Court during the 1990s.
• B) They all dropped out of the race for the Democratic nomination for president in 1992, clearing the way for Bill Clinton to run.
• C) They all were members of George Bush's cabinet from 1989 to 1992.
• D) They all testified that Bill Clinton had sexually harassed his secretary when he was governor of Arkansas.
• E) They were all prominent Americans who acknowledged during the 1990s that they had AIDS.

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Definitions:

Sex

Biological and physiological characteristics that define humans as male or female.

Alarm Reaction

The initial response of the body's stress system, activating the fight or flight response to perceive threats.

General Adaptation Syndrome

A three-stage response (alarm, resistance, exhaustion) that the body has to long-term exposure to stress, proposed by Hans Selye.

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

A psychiatric disorder that can occur in people who have experienced or witnessed a traumatic event, characterized by severe anxiety, flashbacks, and uncontrollable thoughts about the event.