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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author writes in Chapter 3: “Success and Likeability” that during the summer between her first and second years in business school, she received what award for having the highest first-year academic record?
(a) A Henry Ford Scholarship.
(b) An Eisenhower Scholarship.
(c) A William Taft Scholarship.
(d) A Rhodes Scholarship.

2. Who is the New York University 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) Bob Steel.
(b) Justin Osofsky.
(c) Josh Steiner.
(d) Cameron Anderson.

3. Who is described in Chapter 3: “Success and Likeability” as one of the engineering directors at Facebook who held a meeting in 2011 with female engineers to encourage them to share the progress they’d made on products they were building?
(a) Judith Rodin.
(b) Jocelyn Goldfein.
(c) Virginia Rometty.
(d) Cameron Anderson.

4. What was the author voted as by her senior class, according to the narrative in Chapter 3: “Success and Likeability”?
(a) “Most likely to be a politician.”
(b) “Most likely to succeed.”
(c) “Most likely to end up in jail.”
(d) “Most likely to become famous.”

5. Based on the 2003 study cited by the author in Chapter 3: “Success and Likeability,” she concludes that “success and likeability” are correlated how for women?
(a) Positively.
(b) Negatively.
(c) Abstractly.
(d) Demurely.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author notes in Chapter 4: “It’s a Jungle Gym, Not a Ladder” that “an internal report at Hewlett-Packard revealed that women only apply for open jobs if they think they meet” what percent of the criteria listed?

2. 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?

3. What social-psychological phenomenon is described with the observation that when members of a group are made aware of a negative stereotype, they are more likely to perform according to that stereotype?

4. What does the author call the “phenomenon of capable people being plagued by self-doubt” in Chapter 2: “Sit at the Table”?

5. The author says in Chapter 2: “Sit at the Table” that while in college, both she and her brother took a course in what together?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the author describe “impostor syndrome” in Chapter 2: “Sit at the Table”?

2. What does Sandberg relate of her own career plan in Chapter 4: "It's a Jungle Gym, Not a Ladder"?

3. What author from The New Yorker is cited in Chapter 3: “Success and Likeability”? What did this author say about self-doubt?

4. What was the outcome discovered in the study described in the beginning of Chapter 3: “Success and Likeability”?

5. How does Sandberg describe her own process of choosing mentees in Chapter 5: “Are You My Mentor?”

6. What kind of plans does the author say individuals should develop in Chapter 4: "It's a Jungle Gym, Not a Ladder"?

7. What academic award does the author describe receiving in business school in Chapter 3: “Success and Likeability”?

8. What internal report from Hewlett-Packard does the author describe in Chapter 4: "It's a Jungle Gym, Not a Ladder"?

9. Why does the author prefer to view the system of corporate advancement as a jungle gym rather than a ladder?

10. What does the author cite Shankar Vedantam as having written about in Chapter 3: “Success and Likeability”?

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