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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who won the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize for “helping to lead the women’s protests that toppled Liberia’s dictator,” according to the author in the Introduction: “Internalizing the Revolution”?
(a) Shankar Vedantam.
(b) Leymah Gbowee.
(c) Nitin Nohria.
(d) Bob Steel.
2. During the Great Depression, the author says that her grandmother was pulled out of Morris High School to help support the household by doing what?
(a) Selling groceries at a nearby market.
(b) Working in an automotive factory.
(c) Working as a secretary to a lawyer.
(d) Sewing fabric flowers on undergarments.
3. During what decade did women become 50 percent of the college graduates in the United States, according to the author in the Introduction: “Internalizing the Revolution”?
(a) The 1970s.
(b) The 1990s.
(c) The 1980s.
(d) The 1960s.
4. For how long does the author say she worked for Google in Chapter 2: “Sit at the Table”?
(a) 1 and ½ years.
(b) 3 and ½ years.
(c) 6 and ½ years.
(d) 2 and ½ years.
5. What speaker from the Wellesley Centers for Women gave a talk called “Feeling Like a Fraud” when the author was inducted into the Phi Beta Kappa honor society?
(a) Mary Sue Coleman.
(b) Dr. Peggy McIntosh.
(c) Omid Kordestani.
(d) Clara Shih.
Short Answer Questions
1. The author asserts in Chapter 1: “The Leadership Ambition Gap,” “The gender stereotypes introduced in childhood are reinforced throughout our lives and become” what?
2. The author states in Chapter 1: “The Leadership Ambition Gap,” “A 2012 McKinsey survey of more than four thousand employees of leading companies found that 36 percent of the men wanted to reach the C-suite, compared to” what percentage of women?
3. How many of the Fortune 500 CEOs are women, according to the author in the Introduction: “Internalizing the Revolution”?
4. Where did Sheryl Sandberg attend college for her undergraduate degree?
5. What coed college does the author say her mother attended in Chapter 1: “The Leadership Ambition Gap”?
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