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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. 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) Sewing fabric flowers on undergarments.
(b) Working in an automotive factory.
(c) Working as a secretary to a lawyer.
(d) Selling groceries at a nearby market.
2. In what year was Anita Summer hired as an economist by the Standard Oil Company, according to the author in the Introduction: “Internalizing the Revolution”?
(a) 1947.
(b) 1958.
(c) 1935.
(d) 1953.
3. What children’s clothing company is described in Chapter 1: “The Leadership Ambition Gap” as having once sold onesies for boys that said “Smart like Daddy” and onesies for girls that said “Pretty like Mommy”?
(a) Gymboree.
(b) Toddlers & Tots.
(c) Tea Collection.
(d) JanieandJack.
4. How many women and girls does the author say are currently trapped in the sex trade worldwide in the Introduction: “Internalizing the Revolution”?
(a) 6.7. million.
(b) 1.5 million.
(c) 2.9 million.
(d) 4.4 million.
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?
(a) 16%.
(b) 41%.
(c) 56%.
(d) 33%.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does the author call the “phenomenon of capable people being plagued by self-doubt” in Chapter 2: “Sit at the Table”?
2. Who is the author’s grandmother whom she says was born exactly 52 years before she was, in Chapter 1: “The Leadership Ambition Gap”?
3. According to the author in Chapter 1: “The Leadership Ambition Gap,” females make up what percentage of people earning undergraduate degrees today?
4. The author states in the Introduction: “Internalizing the Revolution” that of the 195 independent countries in the world, how many are led by women?
5. How many of the Fortune 500 CEOs are women, according to the author in the Introduction: “Internalizing the Revolution”?
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