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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. Where did Alan Beam grow up?
2. Who was hired to design the interior of the new building Theranos leased from Stanford in 2014?
3. 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?
4. In what publication did Elizabeth Holmes state in an interview after Carreyrou's reporting that she was the victim of sexism?
5. Who was Elizabeth Holmes's uncle who died from cancer?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did Roger Parloff contribute to Elizabeth Holmes's rise to fame?
2. Why were the Fuiszes not considered to be worthy sources to John Carreyrou?
3. How did Theranos respond when the company learned Carreyrou was writing an investigative piece on the company?
4. What happened at Holmes's speech at the Clinical Chemistry conference described in Chapter 24?
5. Who is George Shultz and what is his connection to Theranos?
6. How did Alan Beam come to work for Theranos? What was his position?
7. What came after Carreyrou's first article in the WSJ was published?
8. Who is Adam Clapper and what is his involvement with Theranos?
9. How did Ian Gibbons die? How did his death impact Theranos?
10. Who were the allies to Richard Fuisz in his efforts to question Holmes's activities, as described in Chapter 18?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Who is Dr. Jay Rosen? What connection does he have to Theranos? How did the rise and the later downfall of Theranos affect Rosen and his career?
Essay Topic 2
Describe and discuss the structure of Bad Blood. How would you describe the literary style of the book? What literary devices does the author employ to compel the reader forward? Does this book follow a standard nonfiction format or does it differ?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss Elizabeth Holmes's rise to fame following the cover article on her in Fortune Magazine. How did this article promote Holmes? What demeanor and appearance did she project? How did this feature influence investors in Theranos?
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