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

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) Leymah Gbowee.
(b) Lant Pritchett.
(c) Padmasree Warrior.
(d) Larry Summers.

2. The author asserts in Chapter 1: “The Leadership Ambition Gap,” “The gender stereotypes introduced in childhood are reinforced throughout our lives and become” what?
(a) “Self-fulfilling prophecies.”
(b) “Barriers to happiness.”
(c) “Regulations toward marriage.”
(d) “Facts in adulthood.”

3. In what year did Sheryl Sandberg earn her M.B.A. from Harvard Business School?
(a) 1991.
(b) 1999.
(c) 1995.
(d) 1997.

4. Who does the author describe as her “business crush” and eBay CEO in Chapter 4: “It’s a Jungle Gym, Not a Ladder”?
(a) Meg Whitman.
(b) Gayle Tzemach Lemmon.
(c) Mary Sue Coleman.
(d) Tim Geithner.

5. 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”?
(a) Judith Rodin.
(b) Pattie Sellers.
(c) Padmasree Warrior.
(d) Gayle Tzemach Lemmon.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many women and girls does the author say are currently trapped in the sex trade worldwide in the Introduction: “Internalizing the Revolution”?

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

3. Where did the author’s grandmother go on to graduate from college, according to her story in Chapter 1: “The Leadership Ambition Gap”?

4. The author asserts in Chapter 3: “Success and Likeability” that what “is key to achieving more success”?

5. According to the author in Chapter 7: “Don’t Leave Before You Leave,” what percentage of “highly qualified women with children are leaving careers, or ‘off-ramping,’ for a period of time” as a result of parenthood?

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