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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III (Pages 104 - 154).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Wiener's new job title at the open source startup?
(a) Workercat.
(b) Superbee.
(c) Supportocat.
(d) Workerbee.

2. What did Wiener's co-workers tell her about the data analytics company's CTO?
(a) He was shy.
(b) He was brilliant and difficult.
(c) He was mean-spirited.
(d) He was gregarious.

3. Where was Wiener during the 9/11 terror attacks?
(a) In school four blocks from the twin towers in New York City.
(b) In school in Chicago.
(c) In school in Miami.
(d) In school in Washington D.C.

4. What kind of information did a U.S. National Security Agency contractor leak to the media in Part II?
(a) Classified information about the government's surveillance programs.
(b) Classified information about the U.S. energy grid.
(c) Classified information about the U.S.'s flaws in fighting the war on terror.
(d) Classified information about the U.S.'s environmental vulnerabilities.

5. Why did Wiener think her friends would not like working in the tech industry?
(a) They would never want to move to the West coast.
(b) They would not likely find it fulfilling or interesting.
(c) Most of them shunned technology and tried to live in a more analog way.
(d) They did not think the salaries were high enough.

Short Answer Questions

1. What historical metaphor did people in Silicon Valley use proudly at the time Wiener moved there for the first time?

2. What did Wiener think good interface design did?

3. What did Wiener say the data analytics CEO believed in instead of marketing?

4. What phrase does the data analytics CEO ask all its employees to ascribe to?

5. Why did the data analytics CEO suggest Wiener and his girlfriend go out together?

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