Lean In Quiz | Two Week Quiz A

Sheryl Sandberg
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 165 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Lean In Quiz | Two Week Quiz A

Sheryl Sandberg
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What professional title does Sheryl Sandberg say her brother David holds in Chapter 2: “Sit at the Table”?
(a) U.S. Congressman.
(b) Pediatric neurosurgeon.
(c) Entertainment lawyer.
(d) Supreme Court Judge.

2. During the Great Depression, the author says that her grandmother was pulled out of Morris High School to help support the household by doing what?
(a) Working as a secretary to a lawyer.
(b) Sewing fabric flowers on undergarments.
(c) Selling groceries at a nearby market.
(d) Working in an automotive factory.

3. Who was the secretary of the Treasury when Sheryl Sandberg began working there in 1996?
(a) Omid Kordestani.
(b) Mary Sue Coleman.
(c) Kash Rangan.
(d) Robert Rubin.

4. What author is cited by Sandberg as having written in The New Yorker that for women, “self-doubt becomes a form of self-defense” in Chapter 3: “Success and Likeability”?
(a) Emily White.
(b) Nitin Nohria.
(c) Ken Auletta.
(d) Oprah Winfrey.

5. Based on the 2003 study cited by the author in Chapter 3: “Success and Likeability,” she concludes that “success and likeability” are correlated how for women?
(a) Positively.
(b) Abstractly.
(c) Demurely.
(d) Negatively.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Ray Kelly’s position at the time that Sheryl Sandberg began serving as chief of staff for the Treasury?

2. The author writes in Chapter 3: “Success and Likeability” that during the summer between her first and second years in business school, she received what award for having the highest first-year academic record?

3. In what year did Sheryl Sandberg earn her M.B.A. from Harvard Business School?

4. When did the Arab Spring begin?

5. According to the author in Chapter 1: “The Leadership Ambition Gap,” what percentage of mothers are primary breadwinners and earn the majority of their family’s earnings?

(see the answer key)

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