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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.
Multiple Choice 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?
(a) Joey’s Song.
(b) Free to Be … You and Me.
(c) A Boy Named Sue.
(d) Lost in the Moon.
2. 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) Kash Rangan.
(b) Meg Whitman.
(c) Jocelyn Goldfein.
(d) Judith Rodin.
3. 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) 33.
(b) 17.
(c) 29.
(d) 10.
4. According to the author in the Introduction: “Internalizing the Revolution,” women of color hold what percentage top corporate jobs today?
(a) 4%.
(b) 12%.
(c) 10%.
(d) 8%.
5. What coed college does the author say her mother attended in Chapter 1: “The Leadership Ambition Gap”?
(a) Yale University.
(b) Harvard University.
(c) U.C. Berkeley.
(d) The University of Pennsylvania.
Short Answer Questions
1. When the author became pregnant with her first child, she was running the online sales and operations groups for what corporation, as noted in the Introduction: “Internalizing the Revolution”?
2. 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”?
3. The author says in the Introduction: “Internalizing the Revolution” that she became pregnant with her first child in the summer of what year?
4. Where did the author’s grandmother go on to graduate from college, according to her story in Chapter 1: “The Leadership Ambition Gap”?
5. 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?
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