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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 new team at the open-source startup did Wiener join in Part IV?

2. What did the billionaire who made his fortune from the microblogging platform tell Wiener in Part III?

3. What symbols did the employees at the open-source startup often use?

4. What did Wiener realize her coworkers at the open-source startup treated the HQ like?

5. What feeling did Wiener sometimes get while looking for a new job in Part III?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the environment like at the open-source HQ?

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

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

4. What does Wiener think when she sees a homeless person wearing one of the open-source startup's branded hoodies?

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

6. Why does Noah get fired?

7. What does the analytics CEO say to Wiener that upsets her in Part III?

8. How does a conversation with Parker in Part III change Wiener's view about the analytics company?

9. What does Wiener say she knew she would regret looking back on her late twenties?

10. What does the CEO ask the engineering team to do in Tahoe that Wiener later thinks is demeaning?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

How does the news about the NSA contractor and whistleblower who revealed the U.S. government's violations of citizens' privacy online affect Wiener's view about the work the data-analytics startup engages in? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 3

How would you describe Wiener's reaction to the results of the 2016 U.S. presidential election? What role does she think technology - and especially social media platforms - played in the outcome of that election? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

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