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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. After finishing business school, Sheryl Sandberg took a job as a consultant at what company in Los Angeles?
(a) McKinsey & Company.
(b) Yahoo.
(c) Walters & Williams.
(d) Facebook.

2. 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) 1947.
(b) 1958.
(c) 1953.
(d) 1935.

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

4. Whom does the author say started working with her “right out of college and now runs mobile partnerships for Facebook” in Chapter 5: “Are You My Mentor?”
(a) Emily White.
(b) Alice Walker.
(c) Meg Whitman.
(d) Erin Burnett.

5. Who is described in Chapter 3: “Success and Likeability” as a professor of leadership and organizational behavior at Stanford, whom the author had an intense dinner conversation with about the price women pay for success?
(a) Rosalind Einhorn.
(b) Deborah Gruenfeld.
(c) Judith Rodin.
(d) Nitin Nohria.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author states in Chapter 3: “Success and Likeability,” “A study that looked at the starting salaries of students graduating with a master’s degree from Carnegie Mellon University found that” what percentage of men tried to negotiate for a higher offer?

2. When did the Arab Spring begin?

3. 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’”?

4. According to the author in the Introduction: “Internalizing the Revolution,” “A 2011 McKinsey report noted that men are promoted based on potential, while women are promoted based on” what?

5. 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”?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does the author assert it is imperative to overcome gender stereotypes in the workplace in Chapter 1: “The Leadership Ambition Gap”?

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

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

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

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

7. 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”?

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

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

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

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