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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many women and girls does the author say are currently trapped in the sex trade worldwide in the Introduction: “Internalizing the Revolution”?
(a) 2.9 million.
(b) 6.7. million.
(c) 1.5 million.
(d) 4.4 million.

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

3. Whom does the author say “caught my attention at Facebook years ago when we were getting ready for our first senior-level meeting with the Walt Disney Company” in Chapter 5: “Are You My Mentor?”
(a) Bob Steel.
(b) Omid Kordestani.
(c) Justin Osofsky.
(d) Erin Burnett.

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) Dr. Peggy McIntosh.
(b) Mary Sue Coleman.
(c) Emily White.
(d) Justin Osofsky.

5. What was the author voted as by her senior class, according to the narrative in Chapter 3: “Success and Likeability”?
(a) “Most likely to end up in jail.”
(b) “Most likely to be a politician.”
(c) “Most likely to become famous.”
(d) “Most likely to succeed.”

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

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

8. According to the author in Chapter 1: “The Leadership Ambition Gap,” females make up what percentage of people earning undergraduate degrees today?
(a) 66%.
(b) 18%.
(c) 24%.
(d) 57%.

9. Whom does the author say started working with her “right out of college and now runs mobile partnerships for Facebook” in Chapter 5: “Are You My Mentor?”
(a) Alice Walker.
(b) Emily White.
(c) Meg Whitman.
(d) Erin Burnett.

10. 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) SurveyMonkey.
(b) Google.
(c) Facebook.
(d) Yahoo.

11. 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) Omid Kordestani.
(c) Bob Steel.
(d) Justin Osofsky.

12. 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) Don Graham.
(b) Tim Geithner.
(c) Garrett Neiman.
(d) Josh Steiner.

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) 60%.
(b) 90%.
(c) 80%.
(d) 100%.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. What professor at Harvard Business School taught the social marketing classes that Sheryl Sandberg studied during her second year earning her M.B.A.?

3. 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”?

4. According to the author in Chapter 1: “The Leadership Ambition Gap,” what percentage of mothers are primary breadwinners and earn the majority of their family’s earnings?

5. Who founded Hearsay Social, described as “a software company that helps businesses manage their social media presence”?

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