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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

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

3. The author states in Chapter 5: “Are You My Mentor?” that “Studies show that mentors select protégés based on” what?

4. For how long does the author say she worked for Google in Chapter 2: “Sit at the Table”?

5. The author asserts in Chapter 1: “The Leadership Ambition Gap,” “The gender stereotypes introduced in childhood are reinforced throughout our lives and become” what?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. 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”?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss the author’s metaphor of the jungle gym for the contemporary business world. What successful individuals (men and women) serve as examples of this metaphor due to how they have risen in the ranks? Why does Sandberg prefer this comparison than viewing the workplace as a ladder?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Marlo Thomas and the award-winning children’s franchise, Free to Be … You and Me. What is the basis of this franchise? How does Marlo Thomas work toward women’s equality? How was the Thomas’s television series That Girl groundbreaking in its depiction of women?

Essay Topic 3

When Eric Schmidt suggested “fast growth” as the only important criterion for taking employment, what did he mean? Was he correct in this assessment? Do you think that this piece of advice is more valuable today, given the speed of technological advancement, than it was 50 years ago? Why or why not?

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