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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Pattie Sellers.
(b) Emily White.
(c) Priti Choksi.
(d) Joanna Strober.

2. The author states in Chapter 8: “Make Your Partner a Real Partner” that currently fathers make up less than what percentage of parents who work full-time inside the home?
(a) Less than 10%.
(b) Less than 4%.
(c) Less than 2 %.
(d) Less than 1%.

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) 90%.
(b) 20%.
(c) 43%.
(d) 65%.

4. 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) Justin Osofsky.
(b) Gloria Steinem.
(c) Emily White.
(d) Tennessee Williams.

5. 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) 30%.
(d) 12%.

6. In a 2007 study of well-educated professional women who had left the paid workforce, what percentage cited their husbands as a critical factor in their decision, according to the author in Chapter 8: “Make Your Partner a Real Partner”?
(a) 30%.
(b) 40%.
(c) 50%.
(d) 60%.

7. 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) Don Graham.
(d) Molly Graham.

8. 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) Joan Williams.
(c) Rosalind Einhorn.
(d) Judith Rodin.

9. Who is the dean of Weill Cornell Medical College that the author cites in Chapter 9: “The Myth of Doing It All” as having said that the key for her in pursuing her career while raising children was learning where to focus her attention?
(a) Marlo Thomas.
(b) Virginia Rometty.
(c) Dr. Peggy McIntosh.
(d) Dr. Laurie Glimcher.

10. 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) Tricks to Success.
(d) Bossypants.

11. The author states in Chapter 6: “Seek and Speak Your Truth” that truth is better served by using what kind of language?
(a) Simple language.
(b) Eloquent language.
(c) Belittling language.
(d) Affectionate language.

12. The author states in Chapter 8: “Make Your Partner a Real Partner,” “According to the most recent analysis, when a husband and wife both are employed full-time, the mother does” what percent more child care than the father?
(a) 40% more.
(b) 30% more.
(c) 20% more.
(d) 60% more.

13. 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”?
(a) 16%.
(b) 22%.
(c) 9%.
(d) 45%.

14. 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”?
(a) Facebook.
(b) Friendster.
(c) Google.
(d) SurveyMonkey.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the co-author of Getting to 50/50 whom the author says credited a compelling job for her decision to return to the workplace after childbirth in Chapter 7: “Don’t Leave Before You Leave”?

2. 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?

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

4. What term does the author say emerged in the 1970s “to describe a woman who flourished in a leadership role, especially in male-dominated industries” and who also used her position to keep other female workers down?

5. Who is said in Chapter 9: “The Myth of Doing It All” to have blazed a trail by having four children while being one of Google’s earliest and most valuable employees?

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