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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12, Beyond Micro-credit: A New World of Grameen Enterprises.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many branches does the Grameen Bank open each year throughout the 1980s?
(a) 250.
(b) 100.
(c) 25.
(d) 1000.

2. Grameen goes against traditional methods of poverty alleviation by not providing what?
(a) Bank contacts.
(b) Skills training.
(c) Ample loans.
(d) Group support.

3. Upon his return to Bangladesh, Yunus takes a position with the government's _________________.
(a) Banking system.
(b) Ruling party.
(c) Planning Commission.
(d) Parliament.

4. Yunus would define development by focusing on the quality of life for what part of the population?
(a) Upper 50 percent.
(b) Lower 25 percent.
(c) Upper 25 percent.
(d) Lower 50 percent.

5. Bangladesh is approximately the size of ______________.
(a) Alaska.
(b) Florida.
(c) Delaware.
(d) California.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Yunus want for his students who are working so hard on the Jobra loan experiment?

2. Like many Bengalis of his generation, Yunus is influenced by what kind of economics?

3. What percentage of loans does Yunus want to go to women in his initial bank experiment?

4. An independent investigator finds what percentage of CARD members use their loans for income-generating activities?

5. In many Third World countries, the overwhelming majority of people make their living through what?

(see the answer key)

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