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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During the time that the author worked at Google, how many employees does she say she hired in Chapter 2: “Sit at the Table”?
(a) 4,000.
(b) 500.
(c) 2,000.
(d) 1,000.

2. How old does the author say she was when she first married, in Chapter 1: “The Leadership Ambition Gap”?
(a) 30.
(b) 24.
(c) 29.
(d) 26.

3. What professional title does Sheryl Sandberg say her brother David holds in Chapter 2: “Sit at the Table”?
(a) U.S. Congressman.
(b) Pediatric neurosurgeon.
(c) Entertainment lawyer.
(d) Supreme Court Judge.

4. In what year was Anita Summer hired as an economist by the Standard Oil Company, according to the author in the Introduction: “Internalizing the Revolution”?
(a) 1935.
(b) 1958.
(c) 1953.
(d) 1947.

5. What coed college does the author say her mother attended in Chapter 1: “The Leadership Ambition Gap”?
(a) Yale University.
(b) Harvard University.
(c) The University of Pennsylvania.
(d) U.C. Berkeley.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the author voted as by her senior class, according to the narrative in Chapter 3: “Success and Likeability”?

2. The author states in Chapter 5: “Are You My Mentor?,” “While asking a stranger to be a mentor rarely, if ever, works, approaching a stranger with” what “can yield results”?

3. The internal and external barriers that women face in the workplace are related by the author using what metaphor in the Introduction: “Internalizing the Revolution”?

4. 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?

5. The author states in Chapter 2: “Sit at the Table” that when Facebook filed to go public, what newspaper “ran an article that kindly reminded me—and everyone else—that I had ‘been lucky’ and ‘had powerful mentors along the way’”?

Short Essay Questions

1. What story is related of Josh Steiner in Chapter 5: “Are You My Mentor?”

2. What study does the author describe in the beginning of Chapter 3: “Success and Likeability”? Who conducted the study?

3. What is the focus of Chapter 2: “Sit at the Table” With what anecdote does the author open this chapter?

4. What kind of plans does the author say individuals should develop in Chapter 4: "It's a Jungle Gym, Not a Ladder"?

5. What does Sheryl Sandberg say must be overcome in order to reach true gender equality in the Introduction: “Internalizing the Revolution”?

6. What academic award does the author describe receiving in business school in Chapter 3: “Success and Likeability”?

7. What advice did Eric Schmidt give to the author in her story from Chapter 4: "It's a Jungle Gym, Not a Ladder"?

8. How does the author describe the internal barriers that women face in Chapter 1: “The Leadership Ambition Gap”?

9. What does Sandberg relate of her own career plan in Chapter 4: "It's a Jungle Gym, Not a Ladder"?

10. What was the outcome discovered in the study described in the beginning of Chapter 3: “Success and Likeability”?

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