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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Birds of a feather.
(b) The chicken and the egg.
(c) Counting chickens before they hatch.
(d) Looking in a gift horse’s mouth.

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”?
(a) 4,000.
(b) 1,000.
(c) 500.
(d) 2,000.

3. The author says in Chapter 2: “Sit at the Table” that while in college, both she and her brother took a course in what together?
(a) Postmodern literature.
(b) European intellectual history.
(c) Contemporary drama.
(d) Advanced economics.

4. Who is the author’s grandmother whom she says was born exactly 52 years before she was, in Chapter 1: “The Leadership Ambition Gap”?
(a) Mary Sue Coleman.
(b) Rosalind Einhorn.
(c) Jocelyn Goldfein.
(d) Deborah Gruenfeld.

5. What percentage of seats in parliament are currently held by women globally, according to the author in the Introduction: “Internalizing the Revolution”?
(a) 80%.
(b) 40%.
(c) 30%.
(d) 20%.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author states in Chapter 3: “Success and Likeability,” “A study that looked at the starting salaries of students graduating with a master’s degree from Carnegie Mellon University found that” what percentage of men tried to negotiate for a higher offer?

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

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. 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’”?

5. What was the author voted as by her senior class, according to the narrative in Chapter 3: “Success and Likeability”?

(see the answer key)

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