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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was eventually thrown out of the online business card system since he butted heads with an investor?

2. Where did Eduardo get an internship for the summer, so he decided to go there?

3. What money did Mark use in order to keep the company afloat during this part of the story?

4. Eduardo had an internship at a/an _______________ firm, but he quit the first day.

5. What was the name of the race the twins competed in while they were in England?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Mark decide to remove Sean from Facebook's staff?

2. What did the lawyer tell Eduardo about how he was going to be related to Facebook?

3. What did Eduardo do during his time at Facebook that Mark resented?

4. Why had Eduardo's shares gone up to 34% in the new legal documents he was asked to sign?

5. What eventually happened to Napster, according to the book's version of events?

6. What did Sean think about the name of Mark's new site - thefacebook?

7. What was Mark's attitude about the legal issue between himself and Eduardo?

8. What did the new stock authorization papers have to say about the percentages of ownership in the company?

9. What happened after the crew competition in England which showed the twins just how powerful thefacebook had become?

10. What did Mark do in order to defend himself against the claims the twins brought up against him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The Winklevoss twins have an idea to create a new site, and they want Mark to be a part of history with them.

Part 1: Do you think that Harvard Connection is the original Facebook?

Part 2: Why didn't the twins take more agressive action against Mark earlier?

Part 3: How do you think you would respond if it seemed like someone stole your ideas?

Essay Topic 2

Mark doesn't seem to have any interest in monetizing the website, even though Eduardo says that it needs to be happen.

Part 1: What are the benefits of monetizing the Facebook site?

Part 2: What might be some of the reasons why Mark isn't interested in monetizing the website?

Part 3: Do you think that making money from the site is a good idea at the start?

Essay Topic 3

Mark doesn't take meetings with the investors very seriously, and it shows when he and Eduardo begin to meet with them.

Part 1: Why do you think that Mark isn't interested in investors?

Part 2: How would you behave if you were in an investor meeting?

Part 3: Do you think that Mark needs to grow up in order to make Facebook interesting to investors?

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