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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (Pages 157 - 215).

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 Gold Rush.
(b) The Colonial Era.
(c) The First World War.
(d) The Great San Francisco Earthquake.

2. What section of the data analytics startup office did Wiener work at?
(a) The Solutions Zone.
(b) The Hot Zone.
(c) The Getting It Done Zone.
(d) The Over Zone.

3. What was Wiener's onboarding gift from the open-source startup?
(a) A step-count wristband.
(b) Cooking classes.
(c) A Google Fire stick.
(d) A gym membership.

4. What did Noah decide to experiment with in Part II?
(a) Star charts.
(b) Reiki.
(c) Larger-format communal living.
(d) Vitamin supplements.

5. Which of the following was a common excuse tech companies used to explain the lack of women in top roles?
(a) The pipeline argument, meaning there was a supposed lack of qualified women to fill the major roles.
(b) The argument that men were inherently better than women at math and science.
(c) The argument that women were too emotional for such roles.
(d) The argument that it would be too distracting to have more women in these roles.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which book did one engineer at the women in computing conference reference in Part IV?

2. What made being back in New York City for a visit in Part IV strange for Wiener?

3. Who did Wiener mostly hang out with on the analytics startup's trip in Part III?

4. What was an act of defiance Wiener perpetrates in Part III?

5. What did Ian do in Alamo Square Park with Wiener?

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