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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. Why did Wiener not like the idea of using ride-sharing apps?
(a) It seemed too exploitative.
(b) It seemed too lazy.
(c) It seemed too expensive.
(d) It seemed unsafe to her.

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

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

4. What business was the first startup Wiener began working for in?
(a) Home cooking.
(b) E-books.
(c) Medicine.
(d) Ride-sharing.

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

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 analogy does the data analytics CEO often use with employees to describe the nature of their business?

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

4. What kind of app did the data analytics CTO create for fun that he and Wiener talked about?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What are some of the drawbacks to living in San Francisco that Wiener discusses in Part I?

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

4. What activity does the analytics CEO give Wiener that he says will help her learn code?

5. What is God Mode?

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

7. What phrase does the CEO use as a mantra and motivating force at the analytics startup?

8. What is one perk the analytics company offers that Wiener knows helps keep people working in the office for longer hours?

9. Why did Ian like to work at smaller-scale companies in general?

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

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