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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Wiener describe her financial situation at the opening of the book?
(a) Privileged and downwardly mobile.
(b) Wealthy.
(c) Poor.
(d) Secure.

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

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

4. Where did Wiener meet up with the analytics CEO's girlfriend?
(a) Her own apartment.
(b) A bar in the Tenderloin.
(c) The Golden Gate Bridge.
(d) City Gate Park.

5. Where did the girlfriend of the analytics startup's CEO work?
(a) An animation studio famous for its childrens' movies.
(b) The search-engine giant.
(c) An e-book startup.
(d) A very expensive restaurant in the city.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Wiener not like the idea of using ride-sharing apps?

2. What is one reason Wiener thought some others in the tech industry looked own upon her sometimes?

3. What did the cofounders prioritize at the startup Wiener joined in San Francisco in Part I?

4. What does Wiener refer to as the data analytics company's bread and butter?

5. Which coworker of Wiener's did she make many new friends through?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Wiener describe the product that the analytics startup makes?

2. Why does Wiener feel out of place when she interviews at the data analytics startup?

3. What topic does Wiener challenge a group of engineers about in Part II, only to realize the engineers are pioneers in this field?

4. How does the news that a National Security Agency contractor leaked classified information about the U.S. government's surveillance programs affect Weiner and her coworkers?

5. What fundamental facet of her job at the e-book startup did Wiener misunderstand from the beginning?

6. Which specific company does Wiener contend that it is almost impossible to use the internet without enriching?

7. What are some things Ian and Wiener find they have in common?

8. What is God Mode?

9. What does Wiener think, but not say, in response to the analytics CEO's comment to her that the company needed more women in leadership roles?

10. Why does the e-book company fire Wiener?

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