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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) 8.5 hours more.
(b) 9.25 hours more.
(c) 3.5 hours more.
(d) 5.4 hours more.

3. 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”?
(a) 43%.
(b) 65%.
(c) 90%.
(d) 20%.

4. 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?
(a) 3 weeks old.
(b) 3 days old.
(c) 8 days old.
(d) 2 months old.

5. 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) Judith Rodin.
(d) Joan Williams.

6. According to the author in Chapter 7: “Don’t Leave Before You Leave,” what percentage of mothers whose husband’s earnings landed in the top 5% were out of the labor force in 2006?
(a) 43%.
(b) 20%.
(c) 40%.
(d) 90%.

7. About how many families with children in the U.S. are led by a single parent today, according to the author in Chapter 9: “The Myth of Doing It All”?
(a) 65%.
(b) 45%.
(c) 12%.
(d) 30%.

8. Who is the author of The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People?
(a) Stephen R. Covey.
(b) Emily White.
(c) Lant Pritchett.
(d) Clara Shih.

9. 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) Omid Kordestani.
(b) Alice Walker.
(c) Molly Graham.
(d) Don Graham.

10. What author does Sandberg quote in Chapter 10: “Let’s Start Talking About It” as having said, “Whoever has power takes over the noun—and the norm—while the less powerful get an adjective”?
(a) Tennessee Williams.
(b) Gloria Steinem.
(c) Emily White.
(d) Justin Osofsky.

11. After giving her TEDTalk, Sheryl Sandberg received numerous letters from women who were inspired by it. One of her favorites that she discusses in Chapter 10: “Let’s Start Talking About It” came from what consultant in Dubai?
(a) Shankar Vedantam.
(b) Gayle Tzemach Lemmon.
(c) Padmasree Warrior.
(d) Sabeen Virani.

12. What comic autobiography does the author cite by Tina Fey in Chapter 9: “The Myth of Doing It All”?
(a) Where in the World.
(b) Bossypants.
(c) Superwoman.
(d) Just Class.

13. Fred Kofman is described in Chapter 6: “Seek and Speak Your Truth” as a former MIT professor and the author of what book?
(a) Conscious Business.
(b) Academic Achievement.
(c) Bossypants.
(d) Tricks to Success.

14. 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) 15.
(b) 10.
(c) 25.
(d) 5.

15. What modern-day technological advancement has changed the equation of which parent is the primary caretaker for infants, according to the author in Chapter 7: “Don’t Leave Before You Leave”?
(a) The breast pump.
(b) The television.
(c) The internet.
(d) The baby bottle.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the author of Cinderella Ate My Daughter?

2. The author says in Chapter 10: “Let’s Start Talking About It” that in between her junior and senior years of high school, she worked as a page in D.C. for what congressman?

3. 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”?

4. The author states in Chapter 7: “Don’t Leave Before You Leave,” that a “survey of the Princeton class of 1975 found that 54 percent of the women foresaw work-family conflict compared to 26 percent of the men. The same survey of the Princeton class of 2006 found that” what percentage of the women anticipated work-family conflict?

5. In Chapter 8: “Make Your Partner a Real Partner,” the author cites a 2009 study which found that what percentage of people “in dual-earner marriages said that they shared housework, child care, and breadwinning evenly”?

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