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

Multiple Choice 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”?
(a) Tea Collection.
(b) JanieandJack.
(c) Toddlers & Tots.
(d) Gymboree.

2. For how long does the author say she worked for Google in Chapter 2: “Sit at the Table”?
(a) 6 and ½ years.
(b) 1 and ½ years.
(c) 2 and ½ years.
(d) 3 and ½ years.

3. During the Great Depression, the author says that her grandmother was pulled out of Morris High School to help support the household by doing what?
(a) Selling groceries at a nearby market.
(b) Sewing fabric flowers on undergarments.
(c) Working as a secretary to a lawyer.
(d) Working in an automotive factory.

4. Where did Sheryl Sandberg attend college for her undergraduate degree?
(a) The University of Pennsylvania.
(b) Harvard University.
(c) U.C. Berkeley.
(d) Rutgers University.

5. 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) Demurely.
(c) Positively.
(d) Abstractly.

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

7. What is described by the author as dominance hormones in Chapter 2: “Sit at the Table”?
(a) Estrogen.
(b) Testosterone.
(c) Calcitonin.
(d) Cortisol.

8. What is described by the author as stress hormones in Chapter 2: “Sit at the Table”?
(a) Calcitonin.
(b) Testosterone.
(c) Estrogen.
(d) Cortisol.

9. 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”?
(a) Facebook.
(b) Yahoo.
(c) SurveyMonkey.
(d) Google.

10. 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) 45%.
(c) 57%.
(d) 15%.

11. After finishing business school, Sheryl Sandberg took a job as a consultant at what company in Los Angeles?
(a) Yahoo.
(b) Walters & Williams.
(c) McKinsey & Company.
(d) Facebook.

12. Who is the Columbia Business School 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) Justin Osofsky.
(b) Clara Shih.
(c) Frank Flynn.
(d) Josh Steiner.

13. 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) Leymah Gbowee.
(b) Bob Steel.
(c) Nitin Nohria.
(d) Shankar Vedantam.

14. 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) “Physical attractiveness.”
(b) “Past accomplishments.”
(c) “Personality.”
(d) “Academic credentials.”

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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”?

2. 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?”

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

4. What social-psychological phenomenon is described with the observation that when members of a group are made aware of a negative stereotype, they are more likely to perform according to that stereotype?

5. The author says in the Introduction: “Internalizing the Revolution” that she became pregnant with her first child in the summer of what year?

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