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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II (Pages 56 - 103).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What historical metaphor did people in Silicon Valley use proudly at the time Wiener moved there for the first time?
(a) The Great San Francisco Earthquake.
(b) The First World War.
(c) The Gold Rush.
(d) The Colonial Era.

2. What area is Wiener's first job at the startup in San Francisco in?
(a) Marketing.
(b) Communications.
(c) Legal.
(d) Customer support.

3. What did the data analytics startup CEO suggest to Wiener that she should learn in Part II?
(a) Fashion design.
(b) Coding.
(c) An instrument.
(d) How to cook.

4. What was one of the problem-solving questions Wiener's interviewer asked her at the startup in Part I?
(a) How would she calculate the mass of the building they were in?
(b) How would she calculate her own salary?
(c) How would she calculate how much pizza it would take to cover the floor of Grand Central Station?
(d) How would she calculate the number of people working for the U.S. postal system?

5. What analogy does the data analytics CEO often use with employees to describe the nature of their business?
(a) He tells them they are in the Olympics.
(b) He tells they they are in school.
(c) He tells them they are like the colonists.
(d) He tells them they are at war.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was one reason Wiener does not want to use dating apps?

2. What did Wiener think good interface design did?

3. Where did the girlfriend of the analytics startup's CEO work?

4. What did one of the CEO's type in a chat room that was a criticism about Wiener not meant for her to see in Part I?

5. Where does Wiener live when the book opens?

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