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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 was a major problem in San Francisco when Wiener first moved there?

2. What did the data analytics startup CEO suggest to Wiener that she should learn in Part II?

3. What kind of music did Wiener begin listening to after starting at the data analytics company?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What does pivoting mean in the tech industry?

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

9. 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?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

How does Noah's firing from the data-analytics startup affect Wiener's perception of the company and the industry as a whole? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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