If the text was limited to the last paragraph, what would an appropriate name for the text be?

Microsoft and its Billionnaires

In which of the following ways were Bill Gates and Paul Allen NOT alike?

They both went to the same college

Microsoft earned money every time....

IBM sold a computer running MS-DOS

The second to last paragraph describes...

how Microsoft rose to a major corporation

What question is answered in the second to last paragraph?

How many people work for Microsoft today?

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1
If the text was limited to the last paragraph, what would an appropriate name for the text be?
The Business Practices of Microsoft
Microsoft and its Billionnaires
Microsoft and its Software
The Rise of Microsoft
2
Which is NOT true about Bill Gates in the first paragraph?
He was competitive
He enjoyed public school
He was involved in drama
He was born in Seattle, Washington
3
In which of the following ways were Bill Gates and Paul Allen NOT alike?
They went to the same school
They both dropped out of college
They both went to the same college
They both liked computers
4
Microsoft earned money every time....
CCC used its software
IBM built a computer
IBM sold a computer running MS-DOS
Traf-O-data was used
5
The second to last paragraph describes...
the technical details of MS-DOS
how Microsoft became a bigger company than IBM
how Microsoft rose to a major corporation
how Bill Gates became a billionnaire
6
Which of the following was the EFFECT of Bill hacking into the CCC computer
He met Paul Allen
He lost computer privileges
He wrote a TIC-TAC-TOE program
They were allowed back on the computer eventually
7
Which of the following WAS NOT a program written by Bill Gates or Paul Allen?
A computerized version of Tic-Tac-Toe
BASIC
A computerized version of Risk
Traf-o-Data
8
Where was Steve Ballmer a student?
The passage doesn't say
Harvard University
Washington College
Albuquerque, New Mexico
9
What question is answered in the second to last paragraph?
What new technologies, besides MSDOS, did Microsoft develop?
What does empathy mean?
How many people work for Microsoft today?
How rich is Bill Gates?
10
What does the word "philanthropy" mean in the last paragraph?
computer technology
wealth
business
charity

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