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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. Whose quote closed out Carreyrou's initial article on Theranos in the WSJ?
(a) Vernon Loucks's.
(b) Maureen Glunz's.
(c) John Howard's.
(d) Matt Bissel's.

2. Who did Sunny Balwani recruit to take on Alan Beam's position on the lab's CLIA license?
(a) Michael Craig.
(b) Heather King.
(c) Sunil Dhawan.
(d) Jay Rosan.

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

4. What was the code name of the device Theranos was developing to replace the Edison machines?
(a) 2S.
(b) 3S.
(c) 4S.
(d) 6S.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How much did the ADVIA 1800 machine weigh?

2. How did Ian Gibbons die?

3. Where was Erika Cheung working when she received a letter from Theranos lawyers during Carreyrou's investigation?

4. How old was Richard Fuisz when the patent trial with Theranos took place?

5. Who is the lawyer that Theranos hired in its suit against the Fuiszes?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did Alan Beam tell Carreyrou about the Edisons in their first discussion?

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

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

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

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

7. What happened at Holmes's speech at the Clinical Chemistry conference described in Chapter 24?

8. How is the "chem 18" panel described?

9. How did Theranos affect the Shultz family?

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

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