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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 the waiting room of the open-source startup a replica of?

2. Why did Wiener feel ashamed of herself after the company Christmas party?

3. When had Wiener's parents first moved to Brooklyn?

4. What did Weiner look up in relation to the trolls she had to try to deal with at the open-source startup?

5. Which of the following was a common excuse tech companies used to explain the lack of women in top roles?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Wiener feel about the company's trip to Tahoe?

2. What makes Wiener uncomfortable about the CEO's handling of Noah's firing?

3. What does the solutions manager tell Wiener when she complains about a male co-worker's inappropriate sexual comments towards her?

4. Why does Noah get fired?

5. What community is known for trolling and harassment, especially of women?

6. What happens to the analytics startup as it grows and hires more people?

7. What is the "pipeline" argument some use to explain the lack of diversity in the tech industry?

8. What ends up happening to the e-book startup that was Wiener's first tech job?

9. What does one male co-worker at the analytics startup say to Wiener about the first female engineer the company hires?

10. What kind of court case did the open-source startup become involved in shortly before Wiener joined it?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Wiener's friendship with Patrick influence her perception of Silicon Valley, startup culture, and venture capitalism? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

What is Wiener's assessment about the tech industry's perspective on meritocracy and its relationship to the industry workforce and structure? 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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