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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Suraj Saksena earn his Ph.D. in biochemistry and biophysics?
(a) The University of California, San Francisco.
(b) Louisiana State University.
(c) Texas A and M.
(d) The University of California, Santa Barbara.

2. Who was the chairman of Cox Enterprises when they invested in Theranos?
(a) Matt Bissel.
(b) Vernon Loucks.
(c) John Howard.
(d) Jim Kennedy.

3. Where did Alan Beam study pre-med when he moved to the U.S.?
(a) Harvard.
(b) Princeton.
(c) Columbia.
(d) Berkeley.

4. Who did Alan Beam replace as lab director for Theranos?
(a) Arnold Gelb.
(b) Jay Rosan.
(c) Chris Todd.
(d) James Mattis.

5. Who is the lawyer that Theranos hired in its suit against the Fuiszes?
(a) Clive Wilkinson.
(b) Jay Rosan.
(c) Arnold Gelb.
(d) David Boies.

6. How old was Richard Fuisz when the patent trial with Theranos took place?
(a) 67.
(b) 82.
(c) 74.
(d) 56.

7. Who was Elizabeth Holmes's uncle who died from cancer?
(a) Jay Rosan.
(b) Arnold Gelb.
(c) Ron Dietz.
(d) Clive Wilkinson.

8. What was the title of John Carreyrou's WSJ article on Theranos?
(a) "Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup."
(b) "Tech Giant Theranos Under Question."
(c) "Elizabeth Holmes: Who is She?"
(d) "A Prized Startup's Struggles."

9. How much money did Rupert Murdoch make from his investment in Uber?
(a) $75 million.
(b) $2 billion.
(c) $50 million.
(d) $430 million.

10. Where was Timothy Hamill vice chairman of the Department of Laboratory Medicine when Carreyrou contacted him?
(a) The University of California, San Diego.
(b) Louisiana State University.
(c) The University of California, San Francisco.
(d) Texas A and M.

11. How much was the "innovation fee" (160) that was agreed upon for Walgreens to pay Theranos for launching its blood-testing services in their pharmacy chains?
(a) $100 million.
(b) $40 million.
(c) $120 million.
(d) $50 million.

12. When Elizabeth Holmes interviewed with Roger Parloff, what valuation did she assign to Theranos?
(a) $12 billion.
(b) $9 billion.
(c) $6 billion.
(d) $4 billion.

13. For how many years had John Carreyrou worked for the Wall Street Journal when he was tipped off about the Theranos story?
(a) 16 years.
(b) 19 years.
(c) 22 years.
(d) 12 years.

14. Where did Chinmay Pangarkar earn his Ph.D. in chemical engineering?
(a) The University of California, San Francisco.
(b) The University of California, Santa Barbara.
(c) Texas A and M.
(d) Louisiana State University.

15. What is the chemical symbol for potassium?
(a) P.
(b) N.
(c) Q.
(d) K.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Rupert Murdoch born?

2. Who was a former Hillary Clinton aide and the new Theranos' general counsel when the team came to meet with Carreyrou at the WSJ offices?

3. Who did Sunny Balwani recruit to take on Alan Beam's position on the lab's CLIA license?

4. Who was Carreyrou's editor and the head of the investigations team at the Wall Street Journal during the Theranos scandal?

5. Who did Alan Beam say was running Theranos's day-to-day operations when she first spoke with John Carreyrou?

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