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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author asserts in Chapter 1: “The Leadership Ambition Gap,” “The gender stereotypes introduced in childhood are reinforced throughout our lives and become” what?
(a) “Self-fulfilling prophecies.”
(b) “Regulations toward marriage.”
(c) “Facts in adulthood.”
(d) “Barriers to happiness.”

2. Who is the New York University professor that co-ran an experiment to test perceptions of women and men in the workplace in the 2003 study discussed in Chapter 3: “Success and Likeability”?
(a) Justin Osofsky.
(b) Bob Steel.
(c) Cameron Anderson.
(d) Josh Steiner.

3. What journalist once catalogued the derogatory descriptions of some of the first female world leaders, noting that “England’s Margaret Thatcher” was called “Attila the Hen,” according to the author in Chapter 3: “Success and Likeability”?
(a) Shankar Vedantam.
(b) Oprah Winfrey.
(c) Erin Burnett.
(d) Bob Steel.

4. The author states in Chapter 2: “Sit at the Table” that when Facebook filed to go public, what newspaper “ran an article that kindly reminded me—and everyone else—that I had ‘been lucky’ and ‘had powerful mentors along the way’”?
(a) The Chicago Tribune.
(b) The Washington Post.
(c) The Wall Street Journal.
(d) The New York Times.

5. Who is described as “president of the Rockefeller Foundation and the first woman to serve as president of an Ivy League university” in Chapter 1: “The Leadership Ambition Gap”?
(a) Jocelyn Goldfein.
(b) Judith Rodin.
(c) Meg Whitman.
(d) Kash Rangan.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author states in Chapter 1: “The Leadership Ambition Gap,” “A 2012 McKinsey survey of more than four thousand employees of leading companies found that 36 percent of the men wanted to reach the C-suite, compared to” what percentage of women?

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. What percentage of seats in parliament are currently held by women globally, according to the author in the Introduction: “Internalizing the Revolution”?

4. 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”?

5. What coed college does the author say her mother attended in Chapter 1: “The Leadership Ambition Gap”?

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