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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author asserts in Chapter 9: “The Myth of Doing It All” that “Trying to do it all and expecting that it all can be done exactly right is a recipe for” what?
(a) “Competition.”
(b) “Self-effacement.”
(c) “Disaster.”
(d) “Success.”

2. What magazine did Barnard president Debora Spar write to in 2012 discussing successful women and guilt, according to the author in Chapter 11: “Working Together Toward Equality”?
(a) Time.
(b) The New Yorker.
(c) San Francisco.
(d) The Atlantic.

3. 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”?
(a) Joanna Strober.
(b) Priti Choksi.
(c) Emily White.
(d) Pattie Sellers.

4. Of Yale alumni who had reached their forties by 2000, what percentage of the men remained in the workforce, according to the author in Chapter 7: “Don’t Leave Before You Leave”?
(a) 43%.
(b) 20%.
(c) 65%.
(d) 90%.

5. 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) Tip O’Neill.
(b) Frank Flynn.
(c) Bob Steel.
(d) Don Graham.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author states in Chapter 9: “The Myth of Doing It All” that in 2009, married middle-income parents worked about how many more hours per week than in 1979?

2. 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”?

3. 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?

4. The author says in Chapter 8: “Make Your Partner a Real Partner” that her husband Dave taught her how to change a diaper when their first son was how old?

5. Who is the author of The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People?

Short Essay Questions

1. What statistics does Sandberg point to regarding marriage and women in power in Chapter 8: “Make Your Partner a Real Partner”?

2. What does the author write of Tina Fey in Chapter 9: “The Myth of Doing It All”?

3. Who does the author praise for embracing emotion in the workplace in Chapter 6: “Seek and Speak Your Truth”?

4. What quote does the author cite from Gloria Steinem in the beginning of Chapter 10: “Let’s Start Talking About It”?

5. What website and organization does the author promote in the Afterword: “Let’s Keep Talking”?

6. How does the author’s anecdote in the opening of Chapter 7: “Don’t Leave Before You Leave” relate to women’s relationship to their careers metaphorically?

7. How does the author describe the term “queen bee” in Chapter 11: “Working Together Toward Equality”?

8. How is Marissa Mayer used as an example of gender bias between women in Chapter 11: “Working Together Toward Equality”?

9. What study regarding “gatekeeping behaviors” is discussed in Chapter 8: “Make Your Partner a Real Partner”?

10. Who is credited as approaching the gender gap well in his business dealings in Chapter 10: “Let’s Start Talking About It”?

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