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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 media mogul does the author cite in Chapter 5: “Are You My Mentor?” as having said, “I mentor when I see something and say, ‘I want to see that grow’”?
(a) Sarah Palin.
(b) Oprah Winfrey.
(c) Shankar Vedantam.
(d) Virginia Rometty.

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

3. The author states in Chapter 4: “It’s a Jungle Gym, Not a Ladder” that as of 2010, the average American had how many jobs from the ages of 18 to 46?
(a) 5.
(b) 19.
(c) 3.
(d) 11.

4. What was the author voted as by her senior class, according to the narrative in Chapter 3: “Success and Likeability”?
(a) “Most likely to be a politician.”
(b) “Most likely to become famous.”
(c) “Most likely to succeed.”
(d) “Most likely to end up in jail.”

5. 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) Harvard University.
(c) The University of Pennsylvania.
(d) Yale University.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author in Chapter 3: “Success and Likeability,” what magazine ran a story in November 2011 about female entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley and “illustrated it by superimposing the featured women’s heads onto male bodies”?

2. How many of the Fortune 500 CEOs are women, according to the author in the Introduction: “Internalizing the Revolution”?

3. 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”?

4. Who is the Columbia Business School professor that co-ran an experiment to test perceptions of women and men in the workplace in the 2003 study discussed in Chapter 3: “Success and Likeability”?

5. The author cites a 2012 Pew study in Chapter 1: “The Leadership Ambition Gap” which found that among young people ages 18-34, what percentage of women rated “success in a high-paying career or profession” as important to their lives?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does Sandberg suggest one might go about soliciting a mentor in Chapter 5: “Are You My Mentor?”

5. Where was Sheryl Sandberg working when she became pregnant with her first child? How is this experience described in the Introduction: “Internalizing the Revolution”?

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

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

8. What story does the author use to connect the title of Chapter 5: “Are You My Mentor?” with the theme of the chapter?

9. 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”?

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

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