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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Advanced economics.
(b) European intellectual history.
(c) Postmodern literature.
(d) Contemporary drama.

2. According to the author in Chapter 7: “Don’t Leave Before You Leave,” what percentage of mothers whose husband’s earnings landed in the top 5% were out of the labor force in 2006?
(a) 40%.
(b) 20%.
(c) 90%.
(d) 43%.

3. In a quote from Gloria Steinem in Chapter 9: “The Myth of Doing It All,” who is described as “the adversary of the women’s movement”?
(a) Eve.
(b) Mother Teresa.
(c) Superwoman.
(d) Sigmund Freud.

4. What Harvard Business School professor is cited in Chapter 8: “Make Your Partner a Real Partner” as answering the question of what men could do to advance women’s leadership with “the laundry”?
(a) Gloria Steinem.
(b) Rosabeth Moss Kanter.
(c) Clara Shih.
(d) Nitin Nohria.

5. The author states in Chapter 5: “Are You My Mentor?,” “While asking a stranger to be a mentor rarely, if ever, works, approaching a stranger with” what “can yield results”?
(a) “A note from a superior.”
(b) “A pointed, well-thought-out inquiry.”
(c) “Complaints and questions.”
(d) “Insignificant and repetitive questions.”

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the co-author of Getting to 50/50 whom the author says credited a compelling job for her decision to return to the workplace after childbirth in Chapter 7: “Don’t Leave Before You Leave”?

2. What does Sheryl Sandberg say is the first step to correcting a problem in Chapter 6: “Seek and Speak Your Truth”?Being aware of the problem.

3. Whom does the author say started working with her “right out of college and now runs mobile partnerships for Facebook” in Chapter 5: “Are You My Mentor?”

4. After finishing business school, Sheryl Sandberg took a job as a consultant at what company in Los Angeles?

5. 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”?

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