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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. 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) $0.45.
(d) $0.67.
2. 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) Counting chickens before they hatch.
(b) The chicken and the egg.
(c) Looking in a gift horse’s mouth.
(d) Birds of a feather.
3. 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?
(a) Sewing fabric flowers on undergarments.
(b) Working in an automotive factory.
(c) Working as a secretary to a lawyer.
(d) Selling groceries at a nearby market.
4. According to the author in the Introduction: “Internalizing the Revolution,” women of color hold what percentage top corporate jobs today?
(a) 4%.
(b) 10%.
(c) 8%.
(d) 12%.
5. 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) Lost in the Moon.
(b) Free to Be … You and Me.
(c) A Boy Named Sue.
(d) Joey’s Song.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who won the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize for “helping to lead the women’s protests that toppled Liberia’s dictator,” according to the author in the Introduction: “Internalizing the Revolution”?
2. How many of the Fortune 500 CEOs are women, according to the author in the Introduction: “Internalizing the Revolution”?
3. What coed college does the author say her mother attended in Chapter 1: “The Leadership Ambition Gap”?
4. What percentage of seats in parliament are currently held by women globally, according to the author in the Introduction: “Internalizing the Revolution”?
5. 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?
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