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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 is the nationality of the person who identified Eduardo for the Phoenix, as described in the book?

2. Just as in the rest of college life, Mark's site would have an undercurrent of ________, as that's what students were interested in.

3. How old was Mark when the computer company offered him over a million dollars to work with them, allegedly?

4. Mark's idea for a social networking site involved the idea of _________, in which one person on the site would invite those they knew.

5. Mark was placed on probation for _______ years as a result of creating the site that offended so many.

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the thing that would set Mark's site apart from other friend and community sites already created?

2. What are some of the things that people could do when they were using thefacebook?

3. What did Eduardo get recognized for when he was at the first Phoenix gathering at the start of the book?

4. At the beginning, what would be the exclusivity of thefacebook?

5. What was the original idea that the twins had with Divya that they were trying to bring to light?

6. What was the subject matter of the blog that Mark wrote after being rejected by another girl?

7. What did Eduardo think happened between the twins and Mark?

8. What was the one thing that was listed on every page of the site so that everyone knew this fact?

9. What did Mark tell the reporter at the Crimson about the new site that he created and how long it took him to complete?

10. What did Eduardo know about Mark Zuckerberg at the start of this story?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In the end, Mark settles with the twins and with Eduardo, though the settlement amounts are not published.

Part 1: Do you agree that the settlement was a good idea?

Part 2: Why do you think Eduardo's name is back on the masthead of Facebook?

Part 3: How do you think Facebook has been changed by the legal proceedings?

Essay Topic 2

Mark doesn't understand why the feminist groups and female students were mad at him about his website.

Part 1: Why would the female population be upset about the site that compares the animals to students?

Part 2: Do you think Mark really does understand and doesn't want to admit it?

Part 3: How would you feel if you were a female student?

Essay Topic 3

Because of the money that Eduardo invests in Facebook from the start, he feels he has a right to be involved in decision making.

Part 1: Do you think that being an investor makes a person immediately involved in decision making?

Part 2: Why do you think that Mark doesn't seem to care about the money Eduardo has invested?

Part 3: What rights do you think an investor has when they invest in a company? Do they have a say in what happens?

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