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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What “legendary Massachusetts representative” was the Speaker of the House at the time that Sheryl Sandberg worked as a page for her hometown congressman in D.C. between junior and senior year of high school?
(a) Don Graham.
(b) Tip O’Neill.
(c) Bob Steel.
(d) Frank Flynn.

2. Who is the author of The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People?
(a) Clara Shih.
(b) Emily White.
(c) Lant Pritchett.
(d) Stephen R. Covey.

3. The author points out a study in Chapter 8: “Make Your Partner a Real Partner” that showed “that wives who engage in gatekeeping behaviors do” how many more hours of “family work per week than wives who take a more collaborative approach”?
(a) 6.
(b) 5.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

4. Who is the professor of economics at Cornell that the author cites in Chapter 9: “The Myth of Doing It All” as saying, “The antiquated rhetoric of ‘having it all’ disregards the basis of every economic relationship: the idea of trade-offs”?
(a) Sharon Proczter.
(b) Gloria Steinem.
(c) Rosabeth Moss Kanter.
(d) Erin Burnett.

5. What author does Sandberg cite in Chapter 8: “Make Your Partner a Real Partner” with the quote: “It’s not about biology, but about consciousness”?
(a) Gloria Steinem.
(b) Bob Steel.
(c) Elise Scheck.
(d) Samuel Beckett.

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

7. The author says in Chapter 10: “Let’s Start Talking About It” that in between her junior and senior years of high school, she worked as a page in D.C. for what congressman?
(a) William Lehman.
(b) Tip O’Neill.
(c) Justin Osofsky.
(d) Garrett Neiman.

8. In Chapter 8: “Make Your Partner a Real Partner,” the author cites a 2009 study which found that what percentage of people “in dual-earner marriages said that they shared housework, child care, and breadwinning evenly”?
(a) 22%.
(b) 9%.
(c) 16%.
(d) 45%.

9. The author states in Chapter 6: “Seek and Speak Your Truth” that truth is better served by using what kind of language?
(a) Simple language.
(b) Eloquent language.
(c) Belittling language.
(d) Affectionate language.

10. In what year was Geraldine Ferraro chosen as the first female vice presidential candidate representing a major American political party?
(a) 1984.
(b) 1988.
(c) 1992.
(d) 1980.

11. What percentage of employed mothers lack sick days and vacation leave, according to the author in Chapter 11: “Working Together Toward Equality”?
(a) 55%.
(b) 40%.
(c) 75%.
(d) 25%.

12. When the founder of LinkedIn offered Sheryl Sandberg a position in the company, she turned him down because she was how old and planning on having a second child?
(a) 30.
(b) 37.
(c) 41.
(d) 35.

13. According to the author in Chapter 7: “Don’t Leave Before You Leave,” what percentage of mothers whose husband’s earnings landed in the top 5% were out of the labor force in 2006?
(a) 43%.
(b) 20%.
(c) 90%.
(d) 40%.

14. A blogger for what magazine compared Sheryl Sandberg to Kim Polese, according to the author in Chapter 11: “Working Together Toward Equality”?
(a) The New Yorker.
(b) Fortune 500.
(c) Forbes.
(d) Time.

15. 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?
(a) “Empathetic compassion.”
(b) “Sense of humor.”
(c) “The ‘IT’ factor.”
(d) “Confidence and gratitude.”

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does the author describe that Facebook was recruiting for its business development team in 2009, in Chapter 7: “Don’t Leave Before You Leave”?

2. In what year does Sheryl Sandberg say her mother left the workforce to care for her ailing parents, in Chapter 11: “Working Together Toward Equality”?

3. Who is the leader of Fidelity’s media and Internet investment group that the author discusses in Chapter 8: “Make Your Partner a Real Partner”?

4. Who is the dean of Weill Cornell Medical College that the author cites in Chapter 9: “The Myth of Doing It All” as having said that the key for her in pursuing her career while raising children was learning where to focus her attention?

5. What Stanford professor is cited in Chapter 11: “Working Together Toward Equality” as having said, “We need to look out for one another, work together, and act more like a coalition”?

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