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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. The author states in Chapter 7: “Don’t Leave Before You Leave,” that a “survey of the Princeton class of 1975 found that 54 percent of the women foresaw work-family conflict compared to 26 percent of the men. The same survey of the Princeton class of 2006 found that” what percentage of the women anticipated work-family conflict?

3. Who is said in Chapter 9: “The Myth of Doing It All” to have blazed a trail by having four children while being one of Google’s earliest and most valuable employees?

4. 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”?

5. What percentage of employed mothers lack sick days and vacation leave, according to the author in Chapter 11: “Working Together Toward Equality”?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was the “legendary Massachusetts representative” that the author longed to meet in her story in Chapter 10: “Let’s Start Talking About It”?

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

3. What lesson does the author say she learned from her correspondence with Ray Kelly in Chapter 6: “Seek and Speak Your Truth”?

4. How did Sheryl Sandberg respond when she was belittled upon meeting an admired politician in Chapter 10: “Let’s Start Talking About It”?

5. What does the author write of Nora Ephron in Chapter 9: “The Myth of Doing It All”?

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

7. What does Sandberg say often creates a double standard and compels women to leave the workplace in Chapter 8: “Make Your Partner a Real Partner”?

8. Who is one example that is cited by the author as an individual who had to make an immediate choice between career and family in Chapter 7: “Don’t Leave Before You Leave”?

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

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze and discuss the statistics presented in the Introduction of women in the contemporary workplace. How many women are in the U.S. workforce today? Of these, how many women are the sole bread earners for their families? How have these statistics changed in the past century?

Essay Topic 2

Define and discuss the “impostor syndrome.” Author Sheryl Sandberg indicates in the text that while both men and women are susceptible to the impostor syndrome, it more frequently serves as a barrier to women in the workplace. Why do you think this is the case? What can be done to address the impostor syndrome?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Marlo Thomas and the award-winning children’s franchise, Free to Be … You and Me. What is the basis of this franchise? How does Marlo Thomas work toward women’s equality? How was the Thomas’s television series That Girl groundbreaking in its depiction of women?

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