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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. How does Wiener describe her financial situation at the opening of the book?
(a) Poor.
(b) Secure.
(c) Wealthy.
(d) Privileged and downwardly mobile.

2. What did Wiener major in in college?
(a) Biology.
(b) Sociology.
(c) Journalism.
(d) English literature.

3. What did Wiener suggest the CEO at the analytics company should do to try to help combat burnout on their team?
(a) Give pay raises.
(b) Give more vacation days.
(c) Compliment people's work.
(d) Do a company retreat.

4. Why did Wiener think her friends would not like working in the tech industry?
(a) They did not think the salaries were high enough.
(b) They would never want to move to the West coast.
(c) Most of them shunned technology and tried to live in a more analog way.
(d) They would not likely find it fulfilling or interesting.

5. What did the operations manager set up for Wiener as part of the onboarding process at the data analytics company?
(a) Lunch dates with coworkers.
(b) Trips to places around the Bay area.
(c) Several movie nights.
(d) A reading list.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Wiener realize was different about working at the data analytics startup from anywhere else she had ever worked?

2. How does Wiener find temporary accomodation in San Francisco the first time she moves there?

3. What did many of the workers use to get around the office at the data analytics startup?

4. What did Wiener think good interface design did?

5. Who was assigned to help Wiener get oriented at the new startup in Part I?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the e-book company fire Wiener?

2. What topic does Wiener challenge a group of engineers about in Part II, only to realize the engineers are pioneers in this field?

3. Why does Wiener think her friends would balk at working for a company like the analytics company?

4. How does Wiener describe the product that the analytics startup makes?

5. Why does Wiener feel out of place when she interviews at the data analytics startup?

6. What is God Mode?

7. What does pivoting mean in the tech industry?

8. Which specific company does Wiener contend that it is almost impossible to use the internet without enriching?

9. What type of work does the first startup that Wiener begins working for do?

10. How is Wiener feeling about her job in the publishing industry in Part I?

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