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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. In what year was Sheryl Sandberg named the Treasury Department’s chief of staff?
2. When the founder of LinkedIn offered Sheryl Sandberg a position in the company, she turned him down because she was how old and planning on having a second child?
3. The author states in Chapter 8: “Make Your Partner a Real Partner” that currently fathers make up less than what percentage of parents who work full-time inside the home?
4. What was Ray Kelly’s position at the time that Sheryl Sandberg began serving as chief of staff for the Treasury?
5. About what percentage of married-couple families with children in the U.S. have two parents in the workforce today, according to the author in Chapter 9: “The Myth of Doing It All”?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Sandberg describe the hierarchal system at Facebook in Chapter 6: “Seek and Speak Your Truth”?
2. How does the author describe Dr. Laurie Glimcher’s approach to balancing career and family in Chapter 9: “The Myth of Doing It All”?
3. Who is one example that is cited by the author as an individual who had to make an immediate choice between career and family in Chapter 7: “Don’t Leave Before You Leave”?
4. What positive statistics does the author cite for women’s mentorship of women in Chapter 11: “Working Together Toward Equality”?
5. What study regarding “gatekeeping behaviors” is discussed in Chapter 8: “Make Your Partner a Real Partner”?
6. How does the author’s anecdote in the opening of Chapter 7: “Don’t Leave Before You Leave” relate to women’s relationship to their careers metaphorically?
7. What does the author suggest one should ask oneself of “having it all” in Chapter 9: “The Myth of Doing It All”?
8. What study does the author cite in Chapter 8: “Make Your Partner a Real Partner” as an indication of the power a partner has in a woman’s career choices?
9. What is one example of the dangers of blindly following leaders that Sandberg describes in Chapter 6: “Seek and Speak Your Truth”?
10. What anecdote does the author open with in Chapter 7: “Don’t Leave Before You Leave”?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss some of the different stereotypes that apply to women and their impact on the female ego, propensity for achievement, and confidence. What negative stereotypes are frequently reinforced in our contemporary society? How are these stereotypes reinforced? What is “stereotype threat”?
Essay Topic 2
Analyze and discuss the statistics presented in the Introduction of women in the contemporary workplace. How many women are in the U.S. workforce today? Of these, how many women are the sole bread earners for their families? How have these statistics changed in the past century?
Essay Topic 3
Examine and discuss the “double bind” that women face in regards to likeability and success in the workplace. How should women navigate the balance between owning one’s success and maintaining humility? What are practical suggestions given by the author in maintaining this balance?
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