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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What profession did Sheryl Sandberg’s father enter into?
(a) Entertainment law.
(b) Politics.
(c) Ophthalmology.
(d) Dentistry.

2. What coed college does the author say her mother attended in Chapter 1: “The Leadership Ambition Gap”?
(a) Harvard University.
(b) Yale University.
(c) U.C. Berkeley.
(d) The University of Pennsylvania.

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

4. 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) Virginia Rometty.
(b) Jocelyn Goldfein.
(c) Cameron Anderson.
(d) Judith Rodin.

5. The author states in Chapter 3: “Success and Likeability,” “A study that looked at the starting salaries of students graduating with a master’s degree from Carnegie Mellon University found that” what percentage of men tried to negotiate for a higher offer?
(a) 69%.
(b) 57%.
(c) 15%.
(d) 45%.

6. 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) $0.45.
(c) $0.59.
(d) $0.67.

7. 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) Erin Burnett.
(b) Bob Steel.
(c) Omid Kordestani.
(d) Justin Osofsky.

8. 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?
(a) Negatively.
(b) Positively.
(c) Abstractly.
(d) Demurely.

9. The author notes in Chapter 5: “Are You My Mentor?” that “searching for a mentor has become the professional equivalent of” what?
(a) “Flying too close to the sun.”
(b) “Stalling at the gate.”
(c) “Counting chickens before they hatch.”
(d) “Waiting for Prince Charming.”

10. 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.”

11. 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?
(a) Erin Burnett.
(b) Bob Steel.
(c) Josh Steiner.
(d) Marlo Thomas.

12. 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) Oprah Winfrey.
(b) Bob Steel.
(c) Erin Burnett.
(d) Shankar Vedantam.

13. Who was the head of sales and business development at Google that gave Sheryl Sandberg her first opportunity to run a small deal team, according to the author in Chapter 4: “It’s a Jungle Gym, Not a Ladder”?
(a) Shankar Vedantam.
(b) Omid Kordestani.
(c) Gayle Tzemach Lemmon.
(d) Mark Zuckerberg.

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

15. Who is the New York University professor that co-ran an experiment to test perceptions of women and men in the workplace in the 2003 study discussed in Chapter 3: “Success and Likeability”?
(a) Cameron Anderson.
(b) Justin Osofsky.
(c) Josh Steiner.
(d) Bob Steel.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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”?

2. During the time that the author worked at Google, how many employees does she say she hired in Chapter 2: “Sit at the Table”?

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”?

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

5. According to the author in Chapter 1: “The Leadership Ambition Gap,” females make up what percentage of people earning undergraduate degrees today?

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