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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who won the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize for “helping to lead the women’s protests that toppled Liberia’s dictator,” according to the author in the Introduction: “Internalizing the Revolution”?
(a) Nitin Nohria.
(b) Leymah Gbowee.
(c) Shankar Vedantam.
(d) Bob Steel.
2. According to the author in the Introduction: “Internalizing the Revolution,” “A 2011 McKinsey report noted that men are promoted based on potential, while women are promoted based on” what?
(a) “Physical attractiveness.”
(b) “Academic credentials.”
(c) “Past accomplishments.”
(d) “Personality.”
3. 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) Selling groceries at a nearby market.
(c) Working in an automotive factory.
(d) Sewing fabric flowers on undergarments.
4. What coed college does the author say her mother attended in Chapter 1: “The Leadership Ambition Gap”?
(a) U.C. Berkeley.
(b) Harvard University.
(c) The University of Pennsylvania.
(d) Yale University.
5. 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) San Francisco.
(b) Time.
(c) The New Yorker.
(d) People.
Short Answer Questions
1. In 2010, women were paid how much for every dollar that their male counterparts were paid, according to the author in the Introduction: “Internalizing the Revolution”?
2. The author cites a 2012 Pew study in Chapter 1: “The Leadership Ambition Gap” which found that among young people ages 18-34, what percentage of women rated “success in a high-paying career or profession” as important to their lives?
3. Who is described in Chapter 3: “Success and Likeability” as the founder and CEO of Facebook?
4. The author says in the Introduction: “Internalizing the Revolution” that she became pregnant with her first child in the summer of what year?
5. Where does the author say she attended a large public high school growing up in Chapter 2: “Sit at the Table”?
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