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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author states in Chapter 7: “Don’t Leave Before You Leave,” that a “survey of the Princeton class of 1975 found that 54 percent of the women foresaw work-family conflict compared to 26 percent of the men. The same survey of the Princeton class of 2006 found that” what percentage of the women anticipated work-family conflict?
(a) 90%.
(b) 62%.
(c) 45%.
(d) 20%.

2. What nonprofit to prevent noise-induced hearing loss in young people did Sheryl Sandberg’s mother found?
(a) High Frequency: End of Deafness.
(b) Piercing Noise: Stop.
(c) Ear Peace: Save Your Hearing.
(d) Noise Pollution: Make it Stop.

3. Who is the CEO of American Express that the author says acknowledges sexism and bias in his meetings, according to the author in Chapter 10: “Let’s Start Talking About It”?
(a) Frank Flynn.
(b) Cameron Anderson.
(c) Ken Chenault.
(d) Vittorio Colao.

4. The author says in Chapter 10: “Let’s Start Talking About It” that in between her junior and senior years of high school, she worked as a page in D.C. for what congressman?
(a) Justin Osofsky.
(b) Garrett Neiman.
(c) Tip O’Neill.
(d) William Lehman.

5. According to the author in Chapter 7: “Don’t Leave Before You Leave,” what percentage of mothers whose husband’s earnings landed in the middle percentiles were out of the labor force in 2006?
(a) 43%.
(b) 20%.
(c) 90%.
(d) 56%.

6. What Stanford professor is cited in Chapter 11: “Working Together Toward Equality” as having said, “We need to look out for one another, work together, and act more like a coalition”?
(a) Rosalind Einhorn.
(b) Deborah Gruenfeld.
(c) Judith Rodin.
(d) Cameron Anderson.

7. Whom does the author describe that Facebook was recruiting for its business development team in 2009, in Chapter 7: “Don’t Leave Before You Leave”?
(a) Emily White.
(b) Joanna Strober.
(c) Priti Choksi.
(d) Pattie Sellers.

8. Who accompanied Sheryl Sandberg on a trip to New York to speak at the Women’s Media Center, according to the author in Chapter 10: “Let’s Start Talking About It”?
(a) Gayle Tzemach Lemmon.
(b) Kim Malone Scott.
(c) Shankar Vedantam.
(d) Judith Rodin.

9. Fred Kofman is described in Chapter 6: “Seek and Speak Your Truth” as a former MIT professor and the author of what book?
(a) Tricks to Success.
(b) Conscious Business.
(c) Bossypants.
(d) Academic Achievement.

10. The author states in Chapter 6: “Seek and Speak Your Truth” that “the upside of painful knowledge is so much greater than” what?
(a) “The downside of blissful ignorance.”
(b) “Falling on your face in failure.”
(c) “The downside of embarrassment.”
(d) “The downside of painful silence.”

11. What author does Sandberg quote in Chapter 10: “Let’s Start Talking About It” as having said, “Whoever has power takes over the noun—and the norm—while the less powerful get an adjective”?
(a) Gloria Steinem.
(b) Justin Osofsky.
(c) Emily White.
(d) Tennessee Williams.

12. Who is the dean of Weill Cornell Medical College that the author cites in Chapter 9: “The Myth of Doing It All” as having said that the key for her in pursuing her career while raising children was learning where to focus her attention?
(a) Marlo Thomas.
(b) Dr. Peggy McIntosh.
(c) Dr. Laurie Glimcher.
(d) Virginia Rometty.

13. What “legendary Massachusetts representative” was the Speaker of the House at the time that Sheryl Sandberg worked as a page for her hometown congressman in D.C. between junior and senior year of high school?
(a) Don Graham.
(b) Frank Flynn.
(c) Tip O’Neill.
(d) Bob Steel.

14. In what year did Sheryl Sandberg earn her M.B.A. from Harvard Business School?
(a) 1997.
(b) 1991.
(c) 1995.
(d) 1999.

15. Who is the author of Cinderella Ate My Daughter?
(a) Nitin Nohria.
(b) Emily White.
(c) Peggy Orenstein.
(d) Meg Whitman.

Short Answer Questions

1. What American physicist and astronaut became the first American woman in space in 1983?

2. About what percentage of married-couple families with children in the U.S. have two parents in the workforce today, according to the author in Chapter 9: “The Myth of Doing It All”?

3. “Of the twenty-eight women who have served as CEOs of Fortune 500 companies,” how many were married, according to the author in Chapter 8: “Make Your Partner a Real Partner”?

4. In what year was Sandra Day O’Connor appointed as an Associate Justice for the Supreme Court?

5. What author does Sandberg cite in Chapter 8: “Make Your Partner a Real Partner” with the quote: “It’s not about biology, but about consciousness”?

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