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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the author in Chapter 1: “The Leadership Ambition Gap,” females make up what percentage of people earning undergraduate degrees today?
(a) 66%.
(b) 57%.
(c) 18%.
(d) 24%.

2. Who is described as the “deputy director of the Council on Foreign Relations’ Women and Foreign Policy Program” in Chapter 1: “The Leadership Ambition Gap”?
(a) Gayle Tzemach Lemmon.
(b) Mary Sue Coleman.
(c) Meg Whitman.
(d) Pattie Sellers.

3. What is described by the author as stress hormones in Chapter 2: “Sit at the Table”?
(a) Cortisol.
(b) Estrogen.
(c) Testosterone.
(d) Calcitonin.

4. The author states in Chapter 1: “The Leadership Ambition Gap,” “A 2012 McKinsey survey of more than four thousand employees of leading companies found that 36 percent of the men wanted to reach the C-suite, compared to” what percentage of women?
(a) 18%.
(b) 24%.
(c) 57%.
(d) 66%.

5. 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”?
(a) Bob Steel.
(b) Shankar Vedantam.
(c) Leymah Gbowee.
(d) Nitin Nohria.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Sheryl Sandberg attend college for her undergraduate degree?

2. During the time that the author worked at Google, how many employees does she say she hired in Chapter 2: “Sit at the Table”?

3. Where does the author say she attended a large public high school growing up in Chapter 2: “Sit at the Table”?

4. 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?

5. Who is the author’s grandmother whom she says was born exactly 52 years before she was, in Chapter 1: “The Leadership Ambition Gap”?

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