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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. How much did Wiener pay in rent for her own studio apartment in Part II?
2. What did Weiner express reservations and skepticism about at a party with Ian in Part II?
3. What did Wiener's parents hope she would go into for a career?
4. What business was the first startup Wiener began working for in?
5. What was a major problem in San Francisco when Wiener first moved there?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Wiener describe the product that the analytics startup makes?
2. Which specific company does Wiener contend that it is almost impossible to use the internet without enriching?
3. What fundamental facet of her job at the e-book startup did Wiener misunderstand from the beginning?
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 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?
6. How does Wiener react to the movie the company takes employees to in Part I to celebrate the CTO's birthday?
7. What is one of the parts of the interview process at the analytics startup that Wiener finds strange?
8. What is one perk the analytics company offers that Wiener knows helps keep people working in the office for longer hours?
9. Why does Wiener think her friends would balk at working for a company like the analytics company?
10. What are some of the drawbacks to living in San Francisco that Wiener discusses in Part I?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay exploring the range of considerations and factors that lead Wiener to leave the tech industry at the end of the memoir, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.
Essay Topic 2
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 3
When, and why, does Wiener become increasingly alarmed to view the escalation in messages that are meant to troll/harass that she is assigned to moderate at the open-source startup? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.
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