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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was the first job that Sheryl Sandberg took after graduating college?
(a) The World Bank.
(b) The U.S. Treasury department.
(c) Bank of America.
(d) Yahoo.

2. 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) Emily White.
(b) Nitin Nohria.
(c) Ken Auletta.
(d) Oprah Winfrey.

3. 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) Kash Rangan.
(b) Judith Rodin.
(c) Meg Whitman.
(d) Jocelyn Goldfein.

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?”
(a) Justin Osofsky.
(b) Erin Burnett.
(c) Omid Kordestani.
(d) Bob Steel.

5. Who is the Treasury Secretary at Facebook that the author describes hosing a meeting for a few years ago in the opening of Chapter 2: “Sit at the Table”?
(a) Lori Goler.
(b) Omid Kordestani.
(c) Mary Sue Coleman.
(d) Tim Geithner.

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

7. The author says in Chapter 2: “Sit at the Table” that while in college, both she and her brother took a course in what together?
(a) Postmodern literature.
(b) European intellectual history.
(c) Contemporary drama.
(d) Advanced economics.

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

9. Who won the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize for “helping to lead the women’s protests that toppled Liberia’s dictator,” according to the author in the Introduction: “Internalizing the Revolution”?
(a) Nitin Nohria.
(b) Shankar Vedantam.
(c) Leymah Gbowee.
(d) Bob Steel.

10. According to the author in the Introduction: “Internalizing the Revolution,” women of color hold what percentage top corporate jobs today?
(a) 8%.
(b) 4%.
(c) 10%.
(d) 12%.

11. 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) Mary Sue Coleman.
(d) Omid Kordestani.

12. 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?
(a) Room for advancement.
(b) Power structure.
(c) Financial income.
(d) Fast growth.

13. 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) “Performance and potential.”
(c) “Need and ability to give.”
(d) “Appearance and personality.”

14. 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”?
(a) Pattie Sellers.
(b) Mary Sue Coleman.
(c) Meg Whitman.
(d) Gayle Tzemach Lemmon.

15. Who was the dean that invited Sheryl Sandberg to speak in an interview with him at Harvard Business School in 2011?
(a) Leymah Gbowee.
(b) Nitin Nohria.
(c) Shankar Vedantam.
(d) Dr. Peggy McIntosh.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author in Chapter 3: “Success and Likeability,” what magazine ran a story in November 2011 about female entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley and “illustrated it by superimposing the featured women’s heads onto male bodies”?

2. 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?

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

4. The author states in Chapter 4: “It’s a Jungle Gym, Not a Ladder” that as of 2010, the average American had how many jobs from the ages of 18 to 46?

5. Who was the former chief of staff at the Treasury Department that gave Sheryl Sandberg the advice of figuring out what she wanted to do before she went to see the people who had the ability to hire her?

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