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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Sheryl Sandberg attend college for her undergraduate degree?
(a) U.C. Berkeley.
(b) The University of Pennsylvania.
(c) Rutgers University.
(d) Harvard University.

2. According to the author in Chapter 3: “Success and Likeability,” what magazine ran a story in November 2011 about female entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley and “illustrated it by superimposing the featured women’s heads onto male bodies”?
(a) The New Yorker.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) People.
(d) Time.

3. Who is described as IBM’s first female CEO in Chapter 2: “Sit at the Table”?
(a) Emily White.
(b) Virginia Rometty.
(c) Clara Shih.
(d) Erin Burnett.

4. Who is the Treasury Secretary at Facebook that the author describes hosing a meeting for a few years ago in the opening of Chapter 2: “Sit at the Table”?
(a) Omid Kordestani.
(b) Mary Sue Coleman.
(c) Lori Goler.
(d) Tim Geithner.

5. According to the author in Chapter 1: “The Leadership Ambition Gap,” females make up what percentage of people earning undergraduate degrees today?
(a) 57%.
(b) 66%.
(c) 24%.
(d) 18%.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the author’s mentor whom she began working for when he was chief economist at the World Bank?

2. The author asserts in Chapter 3: “Success and Likeability” that what “is key to achieving more success”?

3. Who is described in Chapter 5: “Are You My Mentor?” as the founder of CollegeSpring, “a nonprofit that provides SAT tutoring and college counseling to low-income students”?

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

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?

(see the answer key)

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