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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. What was one of the problem-solving questions Wiener's interviewer asked her at the startup in Part I?
2. How does Wiener describe her financial situation at the opening of the book?
3. What historical metaphor did people in Silicon Valley use proudly at the time Wiener moved there for the first time?
4. What did Wiener suggest the CEO at the analytics company should do to try to help combat burnout on their team?
5. What did Noah decide to experiment with in Part II?
Short Essay Questions
1. What do Wiener's co-workers at the analytics startup tell her to expect from the CTO?
2. How does Wiener describe the product that the analytics startup makes?
3. Why does Wiener feel out of place when she interviews at the data analytics startup?
4. Why did Ian like to work at smaller-scale companies in general?
5. What fundamental facet of her job at the e-book startup did Wiener misunderstand from the beginning?
6. What is one of the parts of the interview process at the analytics startup that Wiener finds strange?
7. What is God Mode?
8. How does the news that a National Security Agency contractor leaked classified information about the U.S. government's surveillance programs affect Weiner and her coworkers?
9. What does pivoting mean in the tech industry?
10. What phrase does the CEO use as a mantra and motivating force at the analytics startup?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
When, and why, does Wiener become increasingly alarmed to view the escalation in messages that are meant to troll/harass that she is assigned to moderate at the open-source startup? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.
Essay Topic 2
Why do you think Wiener continues working in the tech industry for as long as she does after she begins feeling serious moral and personal reservations about the work and the overall industry culture? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.
Essay Topic 3
What is Wiener's assessment about the tech industry's perspective on meritocracy and its relationship to the industry workforce and structure? Write an essay explaining your answers.
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