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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) 56%.
(c) 41%.
(d) 33%.

2. 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 New York Times.
(d) The Wall Street Journal.

3. Who is described in Chapter 3: “Success and Likeability” as one of the engineering directors at Facebook who held a meeting in 2011 with female engineers to encourage them to share the progress they’d made on products they were building?
(a) Judith Rodin.
(b) Jocelyn Goldfein.
(c) Cameron Anderson.
(d) Virginia Rometty.

4. 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) “Past accomplishments.”
(b) “Personality.”
(c) “Academic credentials.”
(d) “Physical attractiveness.”

5. The author asserts in Chapter 4: “It’s a Jungle Gym, Not a Ladder,” “Just as I believe everyone should have a long-term dream, I also believe everyone should have” what?
(a) “An eighteen-month plan.”
(b) “A six-month plan.”
(c) “A one-year plan.”
(d) “A two-year plan.”

Short Answer Questions

1. The author states in the Introduction: “Internalizing the Revolution” that of the 195 independent countries in the world, how many are led by women?

2. Fred Kofman is described in Chapter 6: “Seek and Speak Your Truth” as a former MIT professor and the author of what book?

3. How many of the Fortune 500 CEOs are women, according to the author in the Introduction: “Internalizing the Revolution”?

4. 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”?

5. What author is cited by Sandberg as having written in The New Yorker that for women, “self-doubt becomes a form of self-defense” in Chapter 3: “Success and Likeability”?

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