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

2. In what publication did Elizabeth Holmes state in an interview after Carreyrou's reporting that she was the victim of sexism?
(a) Fortune Magazine.
(b) The New York Times.
(c) Bloomberg Businessweek.
(d) The New Yorker magazine.

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

4. How much money did Rupert Murdoch invest in Theranos in their last round of fundraising, according to the author in Chapter 23?
(a) $231 million.
(b) $2 billion.
(c) $40 million.
(d) $430 million.

5. Where was Erika Cheung working when she received a letter from Theranos lawyers during Carreyrou's investigation?
(a) Antibody Solutions.
(b) Amgen.
(c) Biogen, Inc.
(d) Gilead Sciences.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose quote closed out Carreyrou's initial article on Theranos in the WSJ?

2. Who did Elizabeth Holmes appoint as a new board director after the publication of the first two articles by Carreyrou?

3. How much money did Rupert Murdoch invest in Uber?

4. 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?

5. Where did John Carreyrou meet with Nicole Sundene?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was among the Theranos delegation that came to the Wall Street Journal's offices for their first meeting, as described in Chapter 21?

2. Who is Rupert Murdoch and why is he important in this story?

3. What is the ADVIA 1800 and what is its involvement at Theranos?

4. What is significant about the FDA's approval for Theranos to run a test for herpes?

5. How did some Theranos employees manage to evade Sunny's unpredictability in the office?

6. Why were the Fuiszes not considered to be worthy sources to John Carreyrou?

7. Who is George Shultz and what is his connection to Theranos?

8. How did Alan Beam come to work for Theranos? What was his position?

9. How did Roger Parloff contribute to Elizabeth Holmes's rise to fame?

10. Who from the Wall Street Journal attended the first meeting with the Theranos team, according to the author in Chapter 21?

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