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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. Where did the girlfriend of the analytics startup's CEO work?

2. Which company had bought Ian's company earlier in the year?

3. What section of the data analytics startup office did Wiener work at?

4. What did the solutions manager at the data analytics company tell Wiener they were doing to try to keep her working there?

5. What year did Wiener join her first startup?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. Why does Wiener think her friends would balk at working for a company like the analytics company?

8. 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?

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

10. 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?

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

What are some of the main reasons Wiener leaves the data-analytics startup, and how does she feel about the company in hindsight after she is no longer employed there? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay explaining and exploring Wiener's reasons for leaving her work in the publishing industry in favor of the tech industry in the beginning of the memoir, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

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