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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What author is cited by Sandberg as having written in The New Yorker that for women, “self-doubt becomes a form of self-defense” in Chapter 3: “Success and Likeability”?
(a) Ken Auletta.
(b) Nitin Nohria.
(c) Emily White.
(d) Oprah Winfrey.

2. Fred Kofman is described in Chapter 6: “Seek and Speak Your Truth” as a former MIT professor and the author of what book?
(a) Tricks to Success.
(b) Bossypants.
(c) Conscious Business.
(d) Academic Achievement.

3. Who was the secretary of the Treasury when Sheryl Sandberg began working there in 1996?
(a) Omid Kordestani.
(b) Mary Sue Coleman.
(c) Robert Rubin.
(d) Kash Rangan.

4. According to the author in Chapter 3: “Success and Likeability,” what magazine ran a story in November 2011 about female entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley and “illustrated it by superimposing the featured women’s heads onto male bodies”?
(a) The New Yorker.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) People.
(d) Time.

5. Who was the author’s mentor whom she began working for when he was chief economist at the World Bank?
(a) Josh Steiner.
(b) Larry Summers.
(c) Virginia Rometty.
(d) Emily White.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author asserts in Chapter 3: “Success and Likeability” that what “is key to achieving more success”?

2. Who is described as IBM’s first female CEO in Chapter 2: “Sit at the Table”?

3. After working in the Obama White House, who joined Facebook to run global public policy, according to the author in Chapter 6: “Seek and Speak Your Truth”?

4. Who joked that, “a man has to be Joe McCarthy in order to be called ruthless. All a woman needs to do is put you on hold,” according to the author in Chapter 3: “Success and Likeability”?

5. What is described by the author as stress hormones in Chapter 2: “Sit at the Table”?

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