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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 did the private valuation for Facebook rise to in June of 2010?
2. When did Lt. Col. Shoemaker retire from the military?
3. What company's chip-making subsidiary did John Howard oversee prior to joining the team at Theranos?
4. In what subject did Shaunak Roy have a Ph.D?
5. What did Gary Frenzel do before pursuing a career as a chemist?
Short Essay Questions
1. What arrangement was made between Theranos and Pfizer in 2006/2007?
2. Who is Mark Zuckerberg and why is he an important tech figure?
3. Who is Shaunuk Roy and how did he come to be involved with Theranos?
4. What information is given of Sunny's past in Chapter 5? When did he come to the U.S.? Why?
5. Why was Ed Ku concerned about the project with Theranos and Pfizer?
6. When did Sunny and Elizabeth become romantically involved? With whom was he involved prior to Holmes?
7. What did Yamamoto tell Sunny about the operations at Theranos when he concluded his surprise visit in 2012?
8. What films/books/tv shows did Justin Maxwell recommend to Elizabeth Holmes when he quit Theranos? Why?
9. What was the original name and mission of the company that would become Theranos?
10. How does the author describe Elizabeth Holmes's high-school years?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What was Theranos's mission as a company? Who founded it? When was it founded? What products did it promise to produce? Why did the company fail?
Essay Topic 2
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 3
Describe the Edison and the miniLab. What were these machines supposed to do? What were they actually capable of doing? How did the two prototypes differ from one another?
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