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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the author’s mentor whom she began working for when he was chief economist at the World Bank?
(a) Emily White.
(b) Josh Steiner.
(c) Larry Summers.
(d) Virginia Rometty.

2. Who is described in Chapter 3: “Success and Likeability” as the founder and CEO of Facebook?
(a) Bob Steel.
(b) Cameron Anderson.
(c) Mark Zuckerberg.
(d) Justin Osofsky.

3. Who founded Hearsay Social, described as “a software company that helps businesses manage their social media presence”?
(a) Clara Shih.
(b) Alice Walker.
(c) Marlo Thomas.
(d) Omid Kordestani.

4. What author does Sheryl Sandberg quote in Chapter 4: “It’s a Jungle Gym, Not a Ladder” as having observed, “The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any”?
(a) Padmasree Warrior.
(b) Virginia Rometty.
(c) Alice Walker.
(d) Mark Zuckerberg.

5. The author states in Chapter 1: “The Leadership Ambition Gap,” “A 2012 McKinsey survey of more than four thousand employees of leading companies found that 36 percent of the men wanted to reach the C-suite, compared to” what percentage of women?
(a) 66%.
(b) 57%.
(c) 24%.
(d) 18%.

6. According to the author in the Introduction: “Internalizing the Revolution,” “A 2011 McKinsey report noted that men are promoted based on potential, while women are promoted based on” what?
(a) “Personality.”
(b) “Academic credentials.”
(c) “Past accomplishments.”
(d) “Physical attractiveness.”

7. Who is described as “president of the Rockefeller Foundation and the first woman to serve as president of an Ivy League university” in Chapter 1: “The Leadership Ambition Gap”?
(a) Judith Rodin.
(b) Meg Whitman.
(c) Jocelyn Goldfein.
(d) Kash Rangan.

8. Who is described in Chapter 3: “Success and Likeability” as one of the engineering directors at Facebook who held a meeting in 2011 with female engineers to encourage them to share the progress they’d made on products they were building?
(a) Jocelyn Goldfein.
(b) Virginia Rometty.
(c) Judith Rodin.
(d) Cameron Anderson.

9. Who is the chief technology officer of Cisco that the author cites in Chapter 2: “Sit at the Table” from an article in The Huffington Post?
(a) Virginia Rometty.
(b) Emily White.
(c) Padmasree Warrior.
(d) Josh Steiner.

10. 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”?
(a) Birds of a feather.
(b) Looking in a gift horse’s mouth.
(c) The chicken and the egg.
(d) Counting chickens before they hatch.

11. The author notes in Chapter 4: “It’s a Jungle Gym, Not a Ladder” that “an internal report at Hewlett-Packard revealed that women only apply for open jobs if they think they meet” what percent of the criteria listed?
(a) 90%.
(b) 100%.
(c) 60%.
(d) 80%.

12. What children’s clothing company is described in Chapter 1: “The Leadership Ambition Gap” as having once sold onesies for boys that said “Smart like Daddy” and onesies for girls that said “Pretty like Mommy”?
(a) Gymboree.
(b) Tea Collection.
(c) Toddlers & Tots.
(d) JanieandJack.

13. In 2010, women were paid how much for every dollar that their male counterparts were paid, according to the author in the Introduction: “Internalizing the Revolution”?
(a) $0.77.
(b) $0.67.
(c) $0.45.
(d) $0.59.

14. The author asserts in Chapter 3: “Success and Likeability” that what “is key to achieving more success”?
(a) “Owning one’s success.”
(b) “Earning high grades.”
(c) “Attending a top university.”
(d) “Earning initial success.”

15. How many of the Fortune 500 CEOs are women, according to the author in the Introduction: “Internalizing the Revolution”?
(a) 19.
(b) 33.
(c) 21.
(d) 16.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is described as IBM’s first female CEO in Chapter 2: “Sit at the Table”?

2. Eric Schmidt, when offering Sheryl Sandberg her first position at Google, told her “that only one criterion mattered when picking a job.” What is that criterion?

3. Who is described as the “deputy director of the Council on Foreign Relations’ Women and Foreign Policy Program” in Chapter 1: “The Leadership Ambition Gap”?

4. What was the author voted as by her senior class, according to the narrative in Chapter 3: “Success and Likeability”?

5. When did the Arab Spring begin?

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