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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11.
Multiple Choice 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”?
(a) 1947.
(b) 1935.
(c) 1953.
(d) 1958.
2. Who was the dean that invited Sheryl Sandberg to speak in an interview with him at Harvard Business School in 2011?
(a) Dr. Peggy McIntosh.
(b) Nitin Nohria.
(c) Shankar Vedantam.
(d) Leymah Gbowee.
3. What author is cited by Sandberg as having written in The New Yorker that for women, “self-doubt becomes a form of self-defense” in Chapter 3: “Success and Likeability”?
(a) Ken Auletta.
(b) Oprah Winfrey.
(c) Nitin Nohria.
(d) Emily White.
4. 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) “Complaints and questions.”
(b) “A note from a superior.”
(c) “Insignificant and repetitive questions.”
(d) “A pointed, well-thought-out inquiry.”
5. What journalist once catalogued the derogatory descriptions of some of the first female world leaders, noting that “England’s Margaret Thatcher” was called “Attila the Hen,” according to the author in Chapter 3: “Success and Likeability”?
(a) Shankar Vedantam.
(b) Erin Burnett.
(c) Bob Steel.
(d) Oprah Winfrey.
Short Answer Questions
1. “Of the twenty-eight women who have served as CEOs of Fortune 500 companies,” how many were married, according to the author in Chapter 8: “Make Your Partner a Real Partner”?
2. What coed college does the author say her mother attended in Chapter 1: “The Leadership Ambition Gap”?
3. 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?”
4. Who is the dean of Weill Cornell Medical College that the author cites in Chapter 9: “The Myth of Doing It All” as having said that the key for her in pursuing her career while raising children was learning where to focus her attention?
5. The author asserts in Chapter 4: “It’s a Jungle Gym, Not a Ladder,” “Just as I believe everyone should have a long-term dream, I also believe everyone should have” what?
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