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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. According to the author in Chapter 1: “The Leadership Ambition Gap,” what percentage of mothers are primary breadwinners and earn the majority of their family’s earnings?
(a) 16%.
(b) 41%.
(c) 56%.
(d) 33%.
2. What mythological figure does the author use as a metaphor when discussing the concept of striving to “have it all” in Chapter 9: “The Myth of Doing It All”?
(a) Cyclops.
(b) Icarus.
(c) Pegasus.
(d) Medusa.
3. What Harvard Business School professor is cited in Chapter 8: “Make Your Partner a Real Partner” as answering the question of what men could do to advance women’s leadership with “the laundry”?
(a) Nitin Nohria.
(b) Rosabeth Moss Kanter.
(c) Clara Shih.
(d) Gloria Steinem.
4. What was the author voted as by her senior class, according to the narrative in Chapter 3: “Success and Likeability”?
(a) “Most likely to become famous.”
(b) “Most likely to end up in jail.”
(c) “Most likely to succeed.”
(d) “Most likely to be a politician.”
5. What percentage of U.S. working wives now out-earn their husbands, according to the author in Chapter 8: “Make Your Partner a Real Partner”?
(a) 23%.
(b) 12%.
(c) 30%.
(d) 45%.
Short Answer Questions
1. According to the author in the Introduction: “Internalizing the Revolution,” women of color hold what percentage top corporate jobs today?
2. A blogger for what magazine compared Sheryl Sandberg to Kim Polese, according to the author in Chapter 11: “Working Together Toward Equality”?
3. Who is the New York University professor that co-ran an experiment to test perceptions of women and men in the workplace in the 2003 study discussed in Chapter 3: “Success and Likeability”?
4. The author says in Chapter 6: “Seek and Speak Your Truth” that a recent study found that what was the phrase most frequently used to describe the most effective leaders?
5. 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?
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