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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the author call the “phenomenon of capable people being plagued by self-doubt” in Chapter 2: “Sit at the Table”?
(a) Stereotype threat.
(b) Abject racism.
(c) Chronic anxiety.
(d) The impostor syndrome.

2. According to the author in Chapter 1: “The Leadership Ambition Gap,” females make up what percentage of people earning undergraduate degrees today?
(a) 24%.
(b) 18%.
(c) 66%.
(d) 57%.

3. 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) Leymah Gbowee.
(b) Bob Steel.
(c) Nitin Nohria.
(d) Shankar Vedantam.

4. Who was the author’s mentor whom she began working for when he was chief economist at the World Bank?
(a) Larry Summers.
(b) Virginia Rometty.
(c) Josh Steiner.
(d) Emily White.

5. During the time that the author worked at Google, how many employees does she say she hired in Chapter 2: “Sit at the Table”?
(a) 2,000.
(b) 500.
(c) 4,000.
(d) 1,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Sheryl Sandberg attend college for her undergraduate degree?

2. Who is described as the “deputy director of the Council on Foreign Relations’ Women and Foreign Policy Program” in Chapter 1: “The Leadership Ambition Gap”?

3. 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?

4. What coed college does the author say her mother attended in Chapter 1: “The Leadership Ambition Gap”?

5. The author asserts in Chapter 1: “The Leadership Ambition Gap,” “The gender stereotypes introduced in childhood are reinforced throughout our lives and become” what?

(see the answer key)

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