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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. Who did Wiener see at the airport in New York also flying to San Francisco?

2. What did the CEO ask Wiener during the conversation about her work review in Part III?

3. In Part III, what was the analytics startup moving more towards?

4. About how long did Wiener work at the analytics startup for?

5. What new team at the open-source startup did Wiener join in Part IV?

Short Essay Questions

1. What community is known for trolling and harassment, especially of women?

2. How does Wiener meet Patrick?

3. What does the analytics CEO tell Wiener when she leaves the company?

4. What happens to the analytics startup as it grows and hires more people?

5. Why does Noah get fired?

6. How does Wiener feel on a visit back to New York City in Part IV?

7. What does Wiener say she knew she would regret looking back on her late twenties?

8. What kind of court case did the open-source startup become involved in shortly before Wiener joined it?

9. What is the "pipeline" argument some use to explain the lack of diversity in the tech industry?

10. What makes Wiener uncomfortable about the CEO's handling of Noah's firing?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Wiener treat the concept of optimization, both in personal and professional contexts? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

How and when does Wiener begin to become more aware of the glaring lack of workforce diversity in the tech industry, in terms of race, gender, class, and other identity metrics? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

Essay Topic 3

How does Noah's firing from the data-analytics startup affect Wiener's perception of the company and the industry as a whole? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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