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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. What is the chemical symbol for phosphorus?
2. What is the name of the website where current and former employees can review companies anonymously, and where one report titled "A pile of PR lies" about Theranos?
3. Who described trying to set up Elizabeth Holmes on dates in a New Yorker article featuring her?
4. Where did Suraj Saksena earn his Ph.D. in biochemistry and biophysics?
5. Whose quote closed out Carreyrou's initial article on Theranos in the WSJ?
Short Essay Questions
1. What did Alan Beam tell Carreyrou about the Edisons in their first discussion?
2. Why was Erika Cheung terrified by the letter she received from Theranos following her relating information to Carreyrou?
3. What is the status of Theranos today?
4. What came after Carreyrou's first article in the WSJ was published?
5. Who is Rupert Murdoch and why is he important in this story?
6. Who is George Shultz and what is his connection to Theranos?
7. How did Alan Beam come to work for Theranos? What was his position?
8. How did Roger Parloff contribute to Elizabeth Holmes's rise to fame?
9. Who from the Wall Street Journal attended the first meeting with the Theranos team, according to the author in Chapter 21?
10. Why were the Fuiszes not considered to be worthy sources to John Carreyrou?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Who is Edmund Ku? Where did he grow up? What did he study and where? How did he become employed at Theranos and in what capacity? When and why did he leave the company?
Essay Topic 2
Describe Elizabeth Holmes's childhood and education. What was her family like? Where did she grow up? Where did she study? What did she study?
Essay Topic 3
Describe Steve Jobs's career and discuss his influences on Elizabeth Holmes. Why did Holmes admire Jobs? What are specific examples of how she modeled herself in his image? Do you think that Holmes's admiration for Jobs was a positive or negative trait, given her actions?
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