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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What economist at the first job the author took convinced her that attending business school would be a better alternative than going to law school?
(a) Lant Pritchett.
(b) Leymah Gbowee.
(c) Larry Summers.
(d) Padmasree Warrior.
2. Who joked that, “a man has to be Joe McCarthy in order to be called ruthless. All a woman needs to do is put you on hold,” according to the author in Chapter 3: “Success and Likeability”?
(a) Dr. Peggy McIntosh.
(b) Rosalind Einhorn.
(c) Leymah Gbowee.
(d) Marlo Thomas.
3. 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.
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’”?
(a) The Chicago Tribune.
(b) The Wall Street Journal.
(c) The Washington Post.
(d) The New York Times.
5. The author states in Chapter 5: “Are You My Mentor?” that “Studies show that mentors select protégés based on” what?
(a) “Performance and potential.”
(b) “Credentials and past achievements.”
(c) “Need and ability to give.”
(d) “Appearance and personality.”
Short Answer Questions
1. Who is cited in Chapter 4: “It’s a Jungle Gym, Not a Ladder” as having conceived the metaphor that “careers are a jungle gym, not a ladder”?
2. Where does the author say she attended a large public high school growing up in Chapter 2: “Sit at the Table”?
3. What management committee partner at Goldman Sachs in the late 1990s established a “breakfast or lunch only policy” for employees to create equal access for men and women, according to the author in Chapter 5: “Are You My Mentor?”
4. What well-known CNN journalist credits Willow Bay for mentoring her when she started out, according to the author in Chapter 5: “Are You My Mentor?”
5. According to the author in Chapter 1: “The Leadership Ambition Gap,” females make up what percentage of people earning undergraduate degrees today?
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