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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Of Yale alumni who had reached their forties by 2000, what percentage of the men remained in the workforce, according to the author in Chapter 7: “Don’t Leave Before You Leave”?
(a) 43%.
(b) 20%.
(c) 65%.
(d) 90%.

2. For how long does the author say she worked for Google in Chapter 2: “Sit at the Table”?
(a) 2 and ½ years.
(b) 3 and ½ years.
(c) 6 and ½ years.
(d) 1 and ½ years.

3. According to the author in the Introduction: “Internalizing the Revolution,” American women were paid how much for every dollar that their male counterparts were paid in 1970?
(a) $0.93.
(b) $0.59.
(c) $0.67.
(d) $0.45.

4. After working in the Obama White House, who joined Facebook to run global public policy, according to the author in Chapter 6: “Seek and Speak Your Truth”?
(a) Nitin Nohria.
(b) Emily White.
(c) Marne Levine.
(d) Clara Shih.

5. What company did the author’s husband found in L.A. and then sell to Yahoo, according to the narrative in Chapter 8: “Make Your Partner a Real Partner”?
(a) Google.
(b) Launch Media.
(c) Facebook.
(d) SurveyMonkey.

Short Answer Questions

1. What 1972 song does the author describe in Chapter 1: “The Leadership Ambition Gap” as being about a little boy who begs his father for a traditional girl’s toy?

2. Who was the secretary of the Treasury when Sheryl Sandberg began working there in 1996?

3. The author says in Chapter 2: “Sit at the Table” that while in college, both she and her brother took a course in what together?

4. Who managed the Washington, D.C. office of McKinsey & Company in 1994 when Sheryl Sandberg interned there, according to the author in Chapter 9: “The Myth of Doing It All”?

5. The author states in Chapter 6: “Seek and Speak Your Truth” that truth is better served by using what kind of language?

(see the answer key)

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