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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did Alan Beam say was running Theranos's day-to-day operations when she first spoke with John Carreyrou?
(a) Sunny Balwani.
(b) John Laurens.
(c) Tara Lencioni.
(d) Jay Rosan.

2. Who requested a meeting with Dr. Sundene regarding John Carreyrou's investigation of Theranos (and was denied)?
(a) Michael Craig.
(b) Heather King.
(c) Jay Rosan.
(d) Sunny Balwani.

3. For what magazine was Roger Parloff the legal correspondent when he came upon the patent trial between Theranos and the Fuiszes?
(a) Litigation Daily.
(b) Fortune.
(c) Time.
(d) The New Yorker.

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

5. Who did Elizabeth Holmes appoint as a new board director after the publication of the first two articles by Carreyrou?
(a) John Howard.
(b) Matt Bissel.
(c) Vernon Loucks.
(d) David Boies.

6. Who was the editor in chief at the Wall Street Journal when the author was conducting his investigation into Theranos?
(a) Matt Bissel.
(b) John Howard.
(c) Vernon Loucks.
(d) Gerry Baker.

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

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

9. Who described trying to set up Elizabeth Holmes on dates in a New Yorker article featuring her?
(a) Tara Lencioni.
(b) Jay Rosan.
(c) Henry Kissinger.
(d) Barack Obama.

10. Who signed the letter that was hand-delivered to Erika Cheung regarding her avoiding litigation from Theranos?
(a) David Boies.
(b) Heather King.
(c) Jay Rosan.
(d) Michael Craig.

11. How did Arnav Khanna devise a way to keep Sunny off his back?
(a) He would write 500+ word email replies to him.
(b) He would invite Sunny to business lunches.
(c) He would talk to Elizabeth Holmes.
(d) He would flirt with Elizabeth Holmes.

12. On what date did Elizabeth Holmes sign a contract with Walgreens promising to launch its blood-testing services in some of the pharmacy chain's stores by February of 2013?
(a) September 23, 2015.
(b) June 5, 2012.
(c) June 10, 2015.
(d) May 23, 2014.

13. Who is the former Netscape founder whose wife had profiled Holmes for the New York Times's style magazine?
(a) John Howard.
(b) Vernon Loucks.
(c) Marc Andreessen.
(d) Matt Bissel.

14. Carreyrou states that Tyler Shultz's reasons for opening up to him about Theranos was twofold. One, he worried about patients getting inaccurate test results. What was the second reason?
(a) He worried about his mother's reputation.
(b) He worried about media exposure.
(c) He worried about his future employment.
(d) He worried about his grandfather's reputation.

15. Where had John Fuisz and Mike Underhill been colleagues?
(a) Silicon Valley Law Group.
(b) Alston and Bird.
(c) Osborne Clarke.
(d) McDermott Will and Emery.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Chinmay Pangarkar earn his Ph.D. in chemical engineering?

2. For how long had Tyler Shultz worked at Theranos?

3. What is the chemical symbol for phosphorus?

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

5. Where was Timothy Hamill vice chairman of the Department of Laboratory Medicine when Carreyrou contacted him?

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