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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. What is the chemical symbol for potassium?

2. Who signed the letter that was hand-delivered to Erika Cheung regarding her avoiding litigation from Theranos?

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

4. What was the title of John Carreyrou's WSJ article on Theranos?

5. What had John Carreyrou just completed a year-long investigation on when he was tipped off on Theranos?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the status of Theranos today?

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

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

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

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

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

8. How did Ian Gibbons die? How did his death impact Theranos?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the atmosphere of Silicon Valley in the years from 2002-2019. What companies are headquartered in Silicon Valley? How does the author characterize the culture of Silicon Valley? How did this culture influence Theranos's rise and fall?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Alan Beam and his role at Theranos. How did he come to work there? In what capacity did he work there? Why did he leave the company?

Essay Topic 3

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

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