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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 Wiener think it was easy for her customers to do with her?

2. How did some of Wiener's coworkers at the analytics startup see her?

3. What was Wiener's onboarding gift from the open-source startup?

4. What cheering thought did Wiener have about the younger women at the women in computing conference?

5. What book did Wiener give Patrick when he said he was interested in incarceration?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Wiener feel on a visit back to New York City in Part IV?

2. Why does Wiener feel frustrated leaving the theater with her friend in New York in Part IV?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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 3

How and when does Wiener begin to become more aware of the glaring lack of workforce diversity in the tech industry, in terms of race, gender, class, and other identity metrics? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

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