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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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. 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) 1935.
(b) 1947.
(c) 1958.
(d) 1953.

4. What media mogul does the author cite in Chapter 5: “Are You My Mentor?” as having said, “I mentor when I see something and say, ‘I want to see that grow’”?
(a) Oprah Winfrey.
(b) Shankar Vedantam.
(c) Virginia Rometty.
(d) Sarah Palin.

5. Who is the chairman of the Washington Post Company that the author describes having met while working in Washington, D.C. over fifteen years ago in Chapter 5: “Are You My Mentor?”
(a) Garrett Neiman.
(b) Tim Geithner.
(c) Don Graham.
(d) Josh Steiner.

6. 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) Emily White.
(c) Oprah Winfrey.
(d) Nitin Nohria.

7. What management committee partner at Goldman Sachs in the late 1990s established a “breakfast or lunch only policy” for employees to create equal access for men and women, according to the author in Chapter 5: “Are You My Mentor?”
(a) Justin Osofsky.
(b) Bob Steel.
(c) Omid Kordestani.
(d) Mary Sue Coleman.

8. 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) “Barriers to happiness.”
(b) “Regulations toward marriage.”
(c) “Self-fulfilling prophecies.”
(d) “Facts in adulthood.”

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

10. What speaker from the Wellesley Centers for Women gave a talk called “Feeling Like a Fraud” when the author was inducted into the Phi Beta Kappa honor society?
(a) Clara Shih.
(b) Mary Sue Coleman.
(c) Dr. Peggy McIntosh.
(d) Omid Kordestani.

11. Who is described as IBM’s first female CEO in Chapter 2: “Sit at the Table”?
(a) Erin Burnett.
(b) Virginia Rometty.
(c) Clara Shih.
(d) Emily White.

12. When does Sheryl Sandberg say she graduated college in the Introduction: “Internalizing the Revolution”?
(a) 1991.
(b) 1995.
(c) 1989.
(d) 1997.

13. What professional title does Sheryl Sandberg say her brother David holds in Chapter 2: “Sit at the Table”?
(a) Supreme Court Judge.
(b) Pediatric neurosurgeon.
(c) Entertainment lawyer.
(d) U.S. Congressman.

14. 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) Emily White.
(b) Padmasree Warrior.
(c) Josh Steiner.
(d) Virginia Rometty.

15. What percentage of seats in parliament are currently held by women globally, according to the author in the Introduction: “Internalizing the Revolution”?
(a) 20%.
(b) 30%.
(c) 40%.
(d) 80%.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How old does the author say Mark Zuckerberg was when she graduated college in Chapter 4: “It’s a Jungle Gym, Not a Ladder”?

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. 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?”

5. When the author became pregnant with her first child, she was running the online sales and operations groups for what corporation, as noted in the Introduction: “Internalizing the Revolution”?

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