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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who contacted Wiener in Part IV via instant message that she was surprised to hear from?
(a) Noah.
(b) Her mother.
(c) The CEO of the analytics company.
(d) Ian.

2. About how long did Wiener work at the analytics startup for?
(a) About 4 years.
(b) About 5 years.
(c) About 6 months.
(d) About 2 years.

3. What question did the analytics CEO ask Wiener on the occasion of her one-year anniversary with the company?
(a) If it was the longest or shortest year of her life.
(b) If she liked it there.
(c) If it was better than publishing.
(d) If it was what she had always envisioned herself as doing.

4. What made being back in New York City for a visit in Part IV strange for Wiener?
(a) Most of her friends had moved away.
(b) She now had money to do things in her home city she could never do before.
(c) Her parents had separated in the interim when she was in San Francisco.
(d) Her favorite restaurant was no longer there.

5. What did Wiener realize her coworkers at the open-source startup treated the HQ like?
(a) An apartment.
(b) A bar.
(c) A clubhouse.
(d) Their parents' houses.

6. Who did Wiener see at the airport in New York also flying to San Francisco?
(a) The open-sources startup CEO.
(b) Noah.
(c) The analytics startup CEO.
(d) The founders of the e-book startup.

7. Why did Wiener feel ashamed of herself after the company Christmas party?
(a) She drank too much and said things she should not have said.
(b) She got sick and fainted at the party.
(c) She did not show up to the party.
(d) She was so caught up in the glamour of it that she had not even tasted the wonderful food.

8. What drug did Wiener and Ian take after Wiener's talk with the analytics startup CEO?
(a) Ketamine.
(b) Ecstasy.
(c) Tylenol.
(d) Marijuana.

9. What was the open-source startup modeled on?
(a) A site created by a famous mathematician.
(b) The free software community.
(c) The enterprise community.
(d) The ideals of venture capitalism.

10. In Part III, what was the analytics startup moving more towards?
(a) Venture capital.
(b) Robotics.
(c) Education.
(d) Enterprise.

11. What cheering thought did Wiener have about the younger women at the women in computing conference?
(a) They seemed very sure of themselves.
(b) They would not hesitate to bring litigation against their employers if the had to.
(c) They knew how to ask for salary raises.
(d) Maybe she would work for one of them someday.

12. How did some of Wiener's coworkers at the analytics startup see her?
(a) As a pleaser.
(b) As a blow-in.
(c) As a troublemaker.
(d) As a union advocate.

13. What did the data analytics CEO apologize to Wiener for when she left the company?
(a) Underpaying her.
(b) Not paying attention to her requests for overtime.
(c) Making her cry.
(d) Not responding to her complaints about sexual harassment.

14. What did Wiener say Danilo could have been the poster child for?
(a) Innovation.
(b) Diligence.
(c) Meritocracy.
(d) Hubris.

15. Who did Wiener mostly hang out with on the analytics startup's trip in Part III?
(a) Noah.
(b) Lina.
(c) Ian.
(d) Kyle.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Wiener think tech startups spent money?

2. In Part IV, what did Weiner compare clocking into work on some days to?

3. What popular game did some women engineers use to make their points about discrimination and inequality in the tech world?

4. What did Wiener think biohacking might be a form of?

5. Where did Wiener go to participate in a hack house?

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