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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was one thing relating to office culture Wiener said came easily in her first days at the data analytics startup?
(a) Humor.
(b) Camaraderie.
(c) Back-biting between colleagues.
(d) Help with salary negotiations.

2. What did Weiner express reservations and skepticism about at a party with Ian in Part II?
(a) Robots performing surgery.
(b) Private chef robots.
(c) Drones delivering packages.
(d) Self-driving cars.

3. How much was the startup's initial funding round that Wiener joins in New York City?
(a) 5 million dollars.
(b) 3 million dollars.
(c) 10 million dollars.
(d) 6 million dollars.

4. Who was assigned to help Wiener get oriented at the new startup in Part I?
(a) Noah.
(b) Ian.
(c) Lars.
(d) Skelly.

5. What did Wiener say the data analytics CEO believed in instead of marketing?
(a) Organic groundswell.
(b) Money.
(c) Brute force.
(d) Networks.

6. Which apps did Wiener resist downloading but did ultimately download in Part I?
(a) Fashion apps.
(b) Cooking apps.
(c) Fitness apps.
(d) Ride-sharing apps.

7. How long was Wiener's first job in the tech industry?
(a) 9 years.
(b) 3 months.
(c) 1 year.
(d) 4 years.

8. 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.'s environmental vulnerabilities.
(c) Classified information about the U.S.'s flaws in fighting the war on terror.
(d) Classified information about the U.S. energy grid.

9. 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 number of people working for the U.S. postal system?
(b) How would she calculate her own salary?
(c) How would she calculate the mass of the building they were in?
(d) How would she calculate how much pizza it would take to cover the floor of Grand Central Station?

10. What year did Wiener join her first startup?
(a) 2017.
(b) 2013.
(c) 2015.
(d) 2010.

11. What did Wiener's parents hope she would go into for a career?
(a) Medicine or law.
(b) Cooking.
(c) Engineering.
(d) Dance or theater.

12. Where did Wiener end up renting her first shared apartment in Part I in San Francisco?
(a) Lake Street.
(b) The Gate Area.
(c) The Castro.
(d) The Mission.

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

14. 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 Gold Rush.
(c) The First World War.
(d) The Colonial Era.

15. What did Wiener major in in college?
(a) English literature.
(b) Sociology.
(c) Biology.
(d) Journalism.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Wiener refer to as the setting in which she could see what the users were seeing at the data analytics startup?

2. What does the CEO at the first company Wiener works for call people who are designers and entrepreneurs?

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

4. What secondary tool did the data analytics company offer to its users?

5. What happened every Tuesday at noon when Wiener worked at the data analytics startup?

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