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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What U.C. Hastings law professor is cited in Chapter 11: “Working Together Toward Equality” for having said, “These mommy wars are so bitter because both groups’ identities are at stake because of another clash of social ideals: The ideal worker is defined as someone always available for work, and the ‘good mother’ is defined as always available to her children”?
(a) Leymah Gbowee.
(b) Rosalind Einhorn.
(c) Joan Williams.
(d) Judith Rodin.

2. In what year was Sandra Day O’Connor appointed as an Associate Justice for the Supreme Court?
(a) 1992.
(b) 1989.
(c) 1999.
(d) 1981.

3. Who famously “and foolishly refused to work with—or even to shake hands with—Gloria Steinem,” according to the author in Chapter 11: “Working Together Toward Equality”?
(a) Rosalind Einhorn.
(b) Madeleine Albright.
(c) Gayle Tzemach Lemmon.
(d) Betty Friedan.

4. For how many years does Sheryl Sandberg say her mother taught full-time after raising her children in Chapter 11: “Working Together Toward Equality”?
(a) 10.
(b) 15.
(c) 25.
(d) 5.

5. What kind of presentations does Sheryl Sandberg say she banned at Facebook meetings in Chapter 6: “Seek and Speak Your Truth”?
(a) Oral presentations.
(b) Development presentations.
(c) Sales presentations.
(d) PowerPoint presentations.

6. In what year did Sheryl Sandberg earn her M.B.A. from Harvard Business School?
(a) 1991.
(b) 1995.
(c) 1997.
(d) 1999.

7. What student at Harvard’s Kennedy School wrote an article imploring men to “Man Up on Family and Workplace Issues,” according to the author in Chapter 11: “Working Together Toward Equality”?
(a) Leymah Gbowee.
(b) Larry Summers.
(c) Kunal Modi.
(d) Gayle Tzemach Lemmon.

8. What “legendary Massachusetts representative” was the Speaker of the House at the time that Sheryl Sandberg worked as a page for her hometown congressman in D.C. between junior and senior year of high school?
(a) Tip O’Neill.
(b) Frank Flynn.
(c) Bob Steel.
(d) Don Graham.

9. According to the author in Chapter 7: “Don’t Leave Before You Leave,” what percentage of “highly qualified women with children are leaving careers, or ‘off-ramping,’ for a period of time” as a result of parenthood?
(a) 20%.
(b) 43%.
(c) 90%.
(d) 56%.

10. What language does the author describe Mark Zuckerberg deciding to learn a few years ago in Chapter 6: “Seek and Speak Your Truth”?
(a) Russian.
(b) Japanese.
(c) Spanish.
(d) Chinese.

11. The author states in Chapter 9: “The Myth of Doing It All” that in 2009, married middle-income parents worked about how many more hours per week than in 1979?
(a) 3.5 hours more.
(b) 9.25 hours more.
(c) 5.4 hours more.
(d) 8.5 hours more.

12. Who “joined Facebook in 2008 and held a number of jobs throughout the company in communications, human resources, and mobile products,” according to the author in Chapter 6: “Seek and Speak Your Truth”?
(a) Alice Walker.
(b) Don Graham.
(c) Molly Graham.
(d) Omid Kordestani.

13. What percentage of employed mothers lack sick days and vacation leave, according to the author in Chapter 11: “Working Together Toward Equality”?
(a) 55%.
(b) 25%.
(c) 40%.
(d) 75%.

14. The author says in Chapter 6: “Seek and Speak Your Truth” that a recent study found that what was the phrase most frequently used to describe the most effective leaders?
(a) “Empathetic compassion.”
(b) “Sense of humor.”
(c) “Confidence and gratitude.”
(d) “The ‘IT’ factor.”

15. Who is the CEO of American Express that the author says acknowledges sexism and bias in his meetings, according to the author in Chapter 10: “Let’s Start Talking About It”?
(a) Vittorio Colao.
(b) Cameron Anderson.
(c) Ken Chenault.
(d) Frank Flynn.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who gave a 1996 commencement speech at Wellesley and, speaking of the difficulty of juggling a career and family, said, “It will be a little messy, but embrace the mess. It will be complicated, but rejoice in the complications”?

2. Who was the secretary of the Treasury when Sheryl Sandberg began working there in 1996?

3. The author asserts in Chapter 9: “The Myth of Doing It All,” “Instead of pondering the question ‘Can we have it all?’ we should be asking” what more practical question?

4. Who managed the Washington, D.C. office of McKinsey & Company in 1994 when Sheryl Sandberg interned there, according to the author in Chapter 9: “The Myth of Doing It All”?

5. The author points out a study in Chapter 8: “Make Your Partner a Real Partner” that showed “that wives who engage in gatekeeping behaviors do” how many more hours of “family work per week than wives who take a more collaborative approach”?

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