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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What 1972 song does the author describe in Chapter 1: “The Leadership Ambition Gap” as being about a little boy who begs his father for a traditional girl’s toy?
(a) Joey’s Song.
(b) Lost in the Moon.
(c) Free to Be … You and Me.
(d) A Boy Named Sue.

2. Who is the 13th President of the University of Michigan that was named in 2009 as one of the nation’s “10 best college presidents” by Time Magazine?
(a) Emily White.
(b) Mary Sue Coleman.
(c) Dr. Peggy McIntosh.
(d) Justin Osofsky.

3. Who is described as the “deputy director of the Council on Foreign Relations’ Women and Foreign Policy Program” in Chapter 1: “The Leadership Ambition Gap”?
(a) Mary Sue Coleman.
(b) Meg Whitman.
(c) Gayle Tzemach Lemmon.
(d) Pattie Sellers.

4. 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) Oprah Winfrey.
(b) Emily White.
(c) Nitin Nohria.
(d) Ken Auletta.

5. Who won the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize for “helping to lead the women’s protests that toppled Liberia’s dictator,” according to the author in the Introduction: “Internalizing the Revolution”?
(a) Shankar Vedantam.
(b) Leymah Gbowee.
(c) Bob Steel.
(d) Nitin Nohria.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author writes in Chapter 3: “Success and Likeability” that during the summer between her first and second years in business school, she received what award for having the highest first-year academic record?

2. Where did Sheryl Sandberg attend college for her undergraduate degree?

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

4. What speaker from the Wellesley Centers for Women gave a talk called “Feeling Like a Fraud” when the author was inducted into the Phi Beta Kappa honor society?

5. During what decade did women become 50 percent of the college graduates in the United States, according to the author in the Introduction: “Internalizing the Revolution”?

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