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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many women and girls does the author say are currently trapped in the sex trade worldwide in the Introduction: “Internalizing the Revolution”?
(a) 6.7. million.
(b) 2.9 million.
(c) 1.5 million.
(d) 4.4 million.

2. According to the author in Chapter 5: “Are You My Mentor?,” “A study published by the Center for Work-Life Policy and the Harvard Business Review reported that” what percentage “of men at the level of vice president and above are hesitant to have a one-on-one meeting with a more junior woman”?
(a) 34%.
(b) 12%.
(c) 64%.
(d) 53%.

3. Who is the Columbia Business School professor that co-ran an experiment to test perceptions of women and men in the workplace in the 2003 study discussed in Chapter 3: “Success and Likeability”?
(a) Justin Osofsky.
(b) Frank Flynn.
(c) Clara Shih.
(d) Josh Steiner.

4. After finishing business school, Sheryl Sandberg took a job as a consultant at what company in Los Angeles?
(a) Yahoo.
(b) Walters & Williams.
(c) Facebook.
(d) McKinsey & Company.

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) Clara Shih.
(b) Mary Sue Coleman.
(c) Omid Kordestani.
(d) Dr. Peggy McIntosh.

6. What professor at Harvard Business School taught the social marketing classes that Sheryl Sandberg studied during her second year earning her M.B.A.?
(a) Larry Summers.
(b) Kash Rangan.
(c) Tim Geithner.
(d) Rosalind Einhorn.

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

8. The author asserts in Chapter 4: “It’s a Jungle Gym, Not a Ladder,” “Just as I believe everyone should have a long-term dream, I also believe everyone should have” what?
(a) “A six-month plan.”
(b) “A one-year plan.”
(c) “A two-year plan.”
(d) “An eighteen-month plan.”

9. How old does the author say Mark Zuckerberg was when she graduated college in Chapter 4: “It’s a Jungle Gym, Not a Ladder”?
(a) 3.
(b) 12.
(c) 7.
(d) 15.

10. What is described by the author as dominance hormones in Chapter 2: “Sit at the Table”?
(a) Calcitonin.
(b) Estrogen.
(c) Testosterone.
(d) Cortisol.

11. The author notes in Chapter 5: “Are You My Mentor?” that “searching for a mentor has become the professional equivalent of” what?
(a) “Counting chickens before they hatch.”
(b) “Waiting for Prince Charming.”
(c) “Stalling at the gate.”
(d) “Flying too close to the sun.”

12. In 2010, women were paid how much for every dollar that their male counterparts were paid, according to the author in the Introduction: “Internalizing the Revolution”?
(a) $0.67.
(b) $0.59.
(c) $0.45.
(d) $0.77.

13. Where was the first job that Sheryl Sandberg took after graduating college?
(a) The U.S. Treasury department.
(b) Yahoo.
(c) The World Bank.
(d) Bank of America.

14. The author cites a 2012 Pew study in Chapter 1: “The Leadership Ambition Gap” which found that among young people ages 18-34, what percentage of women rated “success in a high-paying career or profession” as important to their lives?
(a) 66%.
(b) 57%.
(c) 24%.
(d) 18%.

15. What author is cited by Sandberg as having written in The New Yorker that for women, “self-doubt becomes a form of self-defense” in Chapter 3: “Success and Likeability”?
(a) Emily White.
(b) Nitin Nohria.
(c) Ken Auletta.
(d) Oprah Winfrey.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author in the Introduction: “Internalizing the Revolution,” American women were paid how much for every dollar that their male counterparts were paid in 1970?

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

3. The author states in Chapter 3: “Success and Likeability,” “A study that looked at the starting salaries of students graduating with a master’s degree from Carnegie Mellon University found that” what percentage of men tried to negotiate for a higher offer?

4. The internal and external barriers that women face in the workplace are related by the author using what metaphor in the Introduction: “Internalizing the Revolution”?

5. Who is the chief technology officer of Cisco that the author cites in Chapter 2: “Sit at the Table” from an article in The Huffington Post?

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