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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What Harvard Business School professor is cited in Chapter 8: “Make Your Partner a Real Partner” as answering the question of what men could do to advance women’s leadership with “the laundry”?
(a) Gloria Steinem.
(b) Clara Shih.
(c) Rosabeth Moss Kanter.
(d) Nitin Nohria.

2. What professor from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine told Sandberg that he abolished the system of hand-raising after hearing her TEDTalk?
(a) Shankar Vedantam.
(b) Padmasree Warrior.
(c) Dr. John Probasco.
(d) Dr. Peggy McIntosh.

3. In what year was Geraldine Ferraro chosen as the first female vice presidential candidate representing a major American political party?
(a) 1992.
(b) 1988.
(c) 1984.
(d) 1980.

4. Who was the CEO of Starbucks from 1987 through 2000?
(a) Lant Pritchett.
(b) Howard Schultz.
(c) Meg Whitman.
(d) Omid Kordestani.

5. According to the author in Chapter 7: “Don’t Leave Before You Leave,” what percentage of mothers whose husband’s earnings landed in the middle percentiles were out of the labor force in 2006?
(a) 43%.
(b) 90%.
(c) 56%.
(d) 20%.

6. The author asserts in Chapter 9: “The Myth of Doing It All” that “Trying to do it all and expecting that it all can be done exactly right is a recipe for” what?
(a) “Success.”
(b) “Disaster.”
(c) “Self-effacement.”
(d) “Competition.”

7. In Chapter 6: “Seek and Speak Your Truth,” Sandberg notes that at Facebook, a company-wide Q&A is held when?
(a) Every other month.
(b) Every two weeks.
(c) On the first day of every month.
(d) Every Friday.

8. 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) 8.5 hours more.
(c) 9.25 hours more.
(d) 5.4 hours more.

9. What American physicist and astronaut became the first American woman in space in 1983?
(a) Sally Ride.
(b) Michele Elam.
(c) Marianne Cooper.
(d) Rosalind Einhorn.

10. 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) 5.
(c) 15.
(d) 25.

11. In what year was Marissa Mayer named the CEO of Yahoo?
(a) 2010.
(b) 2003.
(c) 2012.
(d) 2009.

12. Who accompanied Sheryl Sandberg on a trip to New York to speak at the Women’s Media Center, according to the author in Chapter 10: “Let’s Start Talking About It”?
(a) Shankar Vedantam.
(b) Gayle Tzemach Lemmon.
(c) Judith Rodin.
(d) Kim Malone Scott.

13. 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?
(a) “Are you my mentor?”
(b) “Can we do it all?”
(c) “Who will help?”
(d) “Do we want it all?”

14. Who is the leader of Fidelity’s media and Internet investment group that the author discusses in Chapter 8: “Make Your Partner a Real Partner”?
(a) Nitin Nohria.
(b) Rosabeth Moss Kanter.
(c) Gloria Steinem.
(d) Kristina Salen.

15. Whom does the author describe that Facebook was recruiting for its business development team in 2009, in Chapter 7: “Don’t Leave Before You Leave”?
(a) Emily White.
(b) Priti Choksi.
(c) Pattie Sellers.
(d) Joanna Strober.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of Yale alumni who had reached their forties by 2000, what percentage of the men remained in the workforce, according to the author in Chapter 7: “Don’t Leave Before You Leave”?

2. The author says in Chapter 8: “Make Your Partner a Real Partner” that her husband Dave taught her how to change a diaper when their first son was how old?

3. After a year or more of commuting between L.A. and the Bay Area, Sheryl Sandberg’s husband eventually left Yahoo and took a position as the CEO of what company, according to the author in Chapter 8: “Make Your Partner a Real Partner”?

4. What percentage of employed mothers lack sick days and vacation leave, according to the author in Chapter 11: “Working Together Toward Equality”?

5. In what year was Sandra Day O’Connor appointed as an Associate Justice for the Supreme Court?

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