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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the leader of Fidelity’s media and Internet investment group that the author discusses in Chapter 8: “Make Your Partner a Real Partner”?
(a) Kristina Salen.
(b) Rosabeth Moss Kanter.
(c) Nitin Nohria.
(d) Gloria Steinem.

2. Where did Sheryl Sandberg attend college for her undergraduate degree?
(a) U.C. Berkeley.
(b) Rutgers University.
(c) The University of Pennsylvania.
(d) Harvard University.

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

4. What childhood friend of the author’s does she say “looks back fondly on being pregnant, saying she has never felt so productive. She not only worked her usual hours as an attorney but organized her house and put five years of photos into albums,” in Chapter 7: “Don’t Leave Before You Leave”?
(a) Mary Sue Coleman.
(b) Meg Whitman.
(c) Elise Scheck.
(d) Jocelyn Goldfein.

5. The author states in Chapter 5: “Are You My Mentor?” that “Studies show that mentors select protégés based on” what?
(a) “Credentials and past achievements.”
(b) “Need and ability to give.”
(c) “Performance and potential.”
(d) “Appearance and personality.”

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year was Anita Summer hired as an economist by the Standard Oil Company, according to the author in the Introduction: “Internalizing the Revolution”?

2. What coed college does the author say her mother attended in Chapter 1: “The Leadership Ambition Gap”?

3. Based on the 2003 study cited by the author in Chapter 3: “Success and Likeability,” she concludes that “success and likeability” are correlated how for women?

4. Of Yale alumni who had reached their forties by 2000, what percentage of the men remained in the workforce, according to the author in Chapter 7: “Don’t Leave Before You Leave”?

5. What author does Sandberg cite in Chapter 8: “Make Your Partner a Real Partner” with the quote: “It’s not about biology, but about consciousness”?

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