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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 mostly talk about with the product manager she ends up sharing an apartment with?

2. Who was Noah's roommate?

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

4. What did Wiener say the data analytics CEO believed in instead of marketing?

5. What did the data analytics CEO tell Wiener early on in her time at the company?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What type of work does the first startup that Wiener begins working for do?

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

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

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

7. What does pivoting mean in the tech industry?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why do you think Wiener describes herself as a "pleaser," and how does this classification affect her work in the early days of her experiences at various tech startups? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

Why do you think Wiener continues working in the tech industry for as long as she does after she begins feeling serious moral and personal reservations about the work and the overall industry culture? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

Essay Topic 3

What does Wiener seem to identify as some of the most significant hypocrisies and contradictions between the way the tech industry and its leaders portray itself/themselves and the reality of the industry's culture and societal influences? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

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