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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Wiener think good interface design did?

2. Where was the first startup Wiener worked for in San Francisco located?

3. Who was the only other employee at the first startup Wiener works at besides Wiener who was not also a founder?

4. What is the name of the place in California were many tech startup companies are located?

5. How does Wiener find temporary accomodation in San Francisco the first time she moves there?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Wiener react to the movie the company takes employees to in Part I to celebrate the CTO's birthday?

2. How does making friends with Noah affect Wiener's life?

3. What is one of the parts of the interview process at the analytics startup that Wiener finds strange?

4. How does Wiener feel as far as settling in to San Francisco during her first six months or so at the analytics startup?

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

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

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

8. What do Wiener's co-workers at the analytics startup tell her to expect from the CTO?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Wiener treat the concept of optimization, both in personal and professional contexts? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

How and when does Wiener begin to become more aware of the glaring lack of workforce diversity in the tech industry, in terms of race, gender, class, and other identity metrics? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

Essay Topic 3

How does Wiener's relationship and conversations with her partner Ian affect the way she views her work and the wider tech industry as a whole? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

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