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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. What is the purpose of the non-profit Grameen Shakti?
(a) Providing clean water.
(b) Providing health care.
(c) Developing sources of renewable energy.
(d) Developing literacy programs.

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

3. Where is the famous economics professor, Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen from?
(a) Romania.
(b) Bangladesh.
(c) Russia.
(d) England.

4. Most foreign aid given to developing countries goes toward what?
(a) Hunger relief.
(b) Sanitation.
(c) Disease prevention.
(d) Infrastructure projects.

5. Where is the official from that Yunus stays with in Washington D.C. when he is representing the Bangladesh Citizens' Committee?
(a) India Embassy.
(b) Bangladesh Embassy.
(c) Bengali Embassy.
(d) Pakistan Embassy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Tangail District is in the throes of a warlike situation with an underground ____________ movement.

2. Yunus's father is a devout __________.

3. Who does the Lakota Fund in South Dakota help?

4. What is the holy festival that Yunus attends in the fall of 1977?

5. Grameen goes against traditional methods of poverty alleviation by not providing what?

(see the answer key)

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