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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.
Multiple Choice 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?
(a) 17.
(b) 33.
(c) 29.
(d) 10.
2. What social-psychological phenomenon is described with the observation that when members of a group are made aware of a negative stereotype, they are more likely to perform according to that stereotype?
(a) “Abject racism.”
(b) “Stereotype threat.”
(c) “Fear of the Other.”
(d) “Tokenism.”
3. 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”?
(a) $0.77.
(b) $0.59.
(c) $0.45.
(d) $0.67.
4. The internal and external barriers that women face in the workplace are related by the author using what metaphor in the Introduction: “Internalizing the Revolution”?
(a) The chicken and the egg.
(b) Looking in a gift horse’s mouth.
(c) Counting chickens before they hatch.
(d) Birds of a feather.
5. What coed college does the author say her mother attended in Chapter 1: “The Leadership Ambition Gap”?
(a) Harvard University.
(b) U.C. Berkeley.
(c) The University of Pennsylvania.
(d) Yale University.
Short Answer Questions
1. According to the author in Chapter 1: “The Leadership Ambition Gap,” females make up what percentage of people earning undergraduate degrees today?
2. 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?
3. How many women and girls does the author say are currently trapped in the sex trade worldwide in the Introduction: “Internalizing the Revolution”?
4. 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”?
5. 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?
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