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

2. When Elizabeth Holmes interviewed with Roger Parloff, what valuation did she assign to Theranos?

3. How much did the ADVIA 1800 machine weigh?

4. What is the chemical symbol for potassium?

5. How did Arnav Khanna devise a way to keep Sunny off his back?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How did Theranos affect the Shultz family?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the relationship between Theranos and Safeway. What commitments were made between these two companies? What came to fruition of those agreements? What happened after the fallout of Theranos?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the ADVIA 1800. Who engineered this machine? What were its capabilities? Why was it used at Theranos labs?

Essay Topic 3

What kind of company is Chiat\Day? How was the company involved with Theranos? What employees from Chiat\Day came to work for Theranos?

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