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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) “Facts in adulthood.”
(c) “Self-fulfilling prophecies.”
(d) “Regulations toward marriage.”

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

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

4. Who is the 13th President of the University of Michigan that was named in 2009 as one of the nation’s “10 best college presidents” by Time Magazine?
(a) Emily White.
(b) Justin Osofsky.
(c) Dr. Peggy McIntosh.
(d) Mary Sue Coleman.

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

6. The author states in Chapter 2: “Sit at the Table” that when Facebook filed to go public, what newspaper “ran an article that kindly reminded me—and everyone else—that I had ‘been lucky’ and ‘had powerful mentors along the way’”?
(a) The New York Times.
(b) The Chicago Tribune.
(c) The Wall Street Journal.
(d) The Washington Post.

7. The author cites a 2012 Pew study in Chapter 1: “The Leadership Ambition Gap” which found that among young people ages 18-34, what percentage of women rated “success in a high-paying career or profession” as important to their lives?
(a) 66%.
(b) 57%.
(c) 24%.
(d) 18%.

8. During what decade did women become 50 percent of the college graduates in the United States, according to the author in the Introduction: “Internalizing the Revolution”?
(a) The 1970s.
(b) The 1990s.
(c) The 1980s.
(d) The 1960s.

9. Who is described in Chapter 5: “Are You My Mentor?” as the founder of CollegeSpring, “a nonprofit that provides SAT tutoring and college counseling to low-income students”?
(a) Clara Shih.
(b) Marlo Thomas.
(c) Garrett Neiman.
(d) Omid Kordestani.

10. According to the author in the Introduction: “Internalizing the Revolution,” American women were paid how much for every dollar that their male counterparts were paid in 1970?
(a) $0.67.
(b) $0.59.
(c) $0.93.
(d) $0.45.

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

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

13. 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%.

14. 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) Virginia Rometty.
(b) Oprah Winfrey.
(c) Shankar Vedantam.
(d) Sarah Palin.

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

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. How many of the Fortune 500 CEOs are women, according to the author in the Introduction: “Internalizing the Revolution”?

3. What is described by the author as dominance hormones in Chapter 2: “Sit at the Table”?

4. 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?

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?

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