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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. What childhood friend of the author’s does she say “looks back fondly on being pregnant, saying she has never felt so productive. She not only worked her usual hours as an attorney but organized her house and put five years of photos into albums,” in Chapter 7: “Don’t Leave Before You Leave”?

2. 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”?

3. What comic autobiography does the author cite by Tina Fey in Chapter 9: “The Myth of Doing It All”?

4. Who is the dean of Weill Cornell Medical College that the author cites in Chapter 9: “The Myth of Doing It All” as having said that the key for her in pursuing her career while raising children was learning where to focus her attention?

5. What language does the author describe Mark Zuckerberg deciding to learn a few years ago in Chapter 6: “Seek and Speak Your Truth”?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the author suggest one should ask oneself of “having it all” in Chapter 9: “The Myth of Doing It All”?

2. Who was the “legendary Massachusetts representative” that the author longed to meet in her story in Chapter 10: “Let’s Start Talking About It”?

3. What does the author write of Nora Ephron in Chapter 9: “The Myth of Doing It All”?

4. What does the author write of Tina Fey in Chapter 9: “The Myth of Doing It All”?

5. What does Sandberg say often creates a double standard and compels women to leave the workplace in Chapter 8: “Make Your Partner a Real Partner”?

6. What anecdote does the author open with in Chapter 7: “Don’t Leave Before You Leave”?

7. How is Marissa Mayer used as an example of gender bias between women in Chapter 11: “Working Together Toward Equality”?

8. 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”?

9. What website and organization does the author promote in the Afterword: “Let’s Keep Talking”?

10. What is one example of the dangers of blindly following leaders that Sandberg describes in Chapter 6: “Seek and Speak Your Truth”?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss the non-hierarchal systems established in the workplace at corporations such as Facebook, Google, and other contemporary tech companies. In what ways do you see these systems as a benefit to women in the workplace? What are the negative elements of these types of systems? How involved was Sandberg in establishing these systems in the companies where she has worked?

Essay Topic 3

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”?

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