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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. When the author became pregnant with her first child, she was running the online sales and operations groups for what corporation, as noted in the Introduction: “Internalizing the Revolution”?
(a) Google.
(b) Facebook.
(c) SurveyMonkey.
(d) Yahoo.

2. What professor at Harvard Business School taught the social marketing classes that Sheryl Sandberg studied during her second year earning her M.B.A.?
(a) Tim Geithner.
(b) Larry Summers.
(c) Rosalind Einhorn.
(d) Kash Rangan.

3. According to the author in the Introduction: “Internalizing the Revolution,” American women were paid how much for every dollar that their male counterparts were paid in 1970?
(a) $0.67.
(b) $0.59.
(c) $0.45.
(d) $0.93.

4. Where did the author’s grandmother go on to graduate from college, according to her story in Chapter 1: “The Leadership Ambition Gap”?
(a) U.C. Berkeley.
(b) The University of Pennsylvania.
(c) Yale University.
(d) Harvard University.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author call the “phenomenon of capable people being plagued by self-doubt” in Chapter 2: “Sit at the Table”?

2. Who is the 13th President of the University of Michigan that was named in 2009 as one of the nation’s “10 best college presidents” by Time Magazine?

3. Who is described in Chapter 3: “Success and Likeability” as one of the engineering directors at Facebook who held a meeting in 2011 with female engineers to encourage them to share the progress they’d made on products they were building?

4. Who joked that, “a man has to be Joe McCarthy in order to be called ruthless. All a woman needs to do is put you on hold,” according to the author in Chapter 3: “Success and Likeability”?

5. What is described by the author as dominance hormones in Chapter 2: “Sit at the Table”?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the author describe the disparity between the treatment of male and female behaviors at a young age in Chapter 1: “The Leadership Ambition Gap”?

2. What does the author say regarding the progress that has been made regarding gender equality in the past 100 years in the Introduction: “Internalizing the Revolution”?

3. What did Sandberg’s experience during her first pregnancy teach her about gender equality in the workplace in the Introduction: “Internalizing the Revolution”?

4. What statistics does the author present in the Introduction: “Internalizing the Revolution” to further express her points regarding women’s equality in the workplace?

5. How is “stereotype threat” defined in Chapter 1: “The Leadership Ambition Gap”?

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

7. What internal report from Hewlett-Packard does the author describe in Chapter 4: "It's a Jungle Gym, Not a Ladder"?

8. How does Sandberg describe her own process of choosing mentees in Chapter 5: “Are You My Mentor?”

9. How does the author describe “impostor syndrome” in Chapter 2: “Sit at the Table”?

10. How does the author describe Peggy McIntosh’s impressions on her in Chapter 2: “Sit at the Table”?

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