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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 the data analytics CEO tell employees was the enemy of a successful startup?
2. What does Wiener refer to as the setting in which she could see what the users were seeing at the data analytics startup?
3. What was one of the problem-solving questions Wiener's interviewer asked her at the startup in Part I?
4. What did Wiener's parents hope she would go into for a career?
5. What did many of the workers use to get around the office at the data analytics startup?
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. 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?
3. What are some of the drawbacks to living in San Francisco that Wiener discusses in Part I?
4. How does making friends with Noah affect Wiener's life?
5. What is one perk the analytics company offers that Wiener knows helps keep people working in the office for longer hours?
6. What are some things Ian and Wiener find they have in common?
7. 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?
8. What is God Mode?
9. What activity does the analytics CEO give Wiener that he says will help her learn code?
10. Which specific company does Wiener contend that it is almost impossible to use the internet without enriching?
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
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 3
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.
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