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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. What profession did Sheryl Sandberg’s father enter into?
(a) Ophthalmology.
(b) Entertainment law.
(c) Politics.
(d) Dentistry.

2. Who is cited in Chapter 4: “It’s a Jungle Gym, Not a Ladder” as having conceived the metaphor that “careers are a jungle gym, not a ladder”?
(a) Pattie Sellers.
(b) Gayle Tzemach Lemmon.
(c) Padmasree Warrior.
(d) Judith Rodin.

3. Who is the Treasury Secretary at Facebook that the author describes hosing a meeting for a few years ago in the opening of Chapter 2: “Sit at the Table”?
(a) Tim Geithner.
(b) Lori Goler.
(c) Omid Kordestani.
(d) Mary Sue Coleman.

4. Who is described in Chapter 3: “Success and Likeability” as the founder and CEO of Facebook?
(a) Cameron Anderson.
(b) Mark Zuckerberg.
(c) Justin Osofsky.
(d) Bob Steel.

5. The author asserts in Chapter 4: “It’s a Jungle Gym, Not a Ladder,” “Just as I believe everyone should have a long-term dream, I also believe everyone should have” what?
(a) “A two-year plan.”
(b) “A one-year plan.”
(c) “A six-month plan.”
(d) “An eighteen-month plan.”

Short Answer Questions

1. What author does Sheryl Sandberg quote in Chapter 4: “It’s a Jungle Gym, Not a Ladder” as having observed, “The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any”?

2. 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”?

3. The author notes in Chapter 5: “Are You My Mentor?” that “searching for a mentor has become the professional equivalent of” what?

4. 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”?

5. Who is described as “president of the Rockefeller Foundation and the first woman to serve as president of an Ivy League university” in Chapter 1: “The Leadership Ambition Gap”?

Short Essay Questions

1. What author from The New Yorker is cited in Chapter 3: “Success and Likeability”? What did this author say about self-doubt?

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

3. What example does the author give of the phenomenon called “stereotype threat” in Chapter 1: “The Leadership Ambition Gap”?

4. What does the author say of Padmasree Warrior in Chapter 2: “Sit at the Table”?

5. Why does the author prefer to view the system of corporate advancement as a jungle gym rather than a ladder?

6. How does the author propose overcoming “impostor syndrome” in Chapter 2: “Sit at the Table”?

7. How does the author equate mentorship with Prince Charming in Chapter 5: “Are You My Mentor?”

8. 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”?

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

10. What does the author cite Shankar Vedantam as having written about in Chapter 3: “Success and Likeability”?

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