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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does the Prime Minister of Bangladesh call during the launching ceremony of GrameenPhone?
(a) Prime minister of Great Britian.
(b) President of the United States.
(c) Prime minister of Norway.
(d) Govenor of Arkansas.

2. How much grant money does Grameen receive through the World Bank CGAP program?
(a) $30 million.
(b) $3 billion.
(c) $98 million.
(d) $2 million.

3. An independent investigator finds the average rate of return for CARD borrowers is what?
(a) 78 percent.
(b) 18 percent.
(c) 97 percent.
(d) 117 percent.

4. Yunus has a new definition of an entrepreneur who is what?
(a) Driven by greed.
(b) Socially conscious.
(c) Political reformer.
(d) Resource allocator.

5. Critics often argue that ____________ does not contribute to the economic development of a country.
(a) Greed.
(b) Political freedom.
(c) Micro-credit.
(d) Free enterprise.

6. In what year does Grameen loan its one billionth dollar?
(a) 2006.
(b) 1996.
(c) 1994.
(d) 2004.

7. What is the name of the fisheries project Grameen takes on?
(a) Serajganj.
(b) Pabna.
(c) Bogra.
(d) Nimgachi.

8. Who funds the fisheries project before Grameen?
(a) World Bank.
(b) United Nations.
(c) Brittish aid agency.
(d) Bangladesh government.

9. Jan Piercy is Hillary Rodham Clinton's ____________.
(a) Law partner.
(b) Press secretary.
(c) Childhood friend.
(d) College roommate.

10. From where does Grameen receive helpful media coverage in March 1990?
(a) 60 Minutes on CBS.
(b) Interview with Barbara Walters on ABC.
(c) New York Times front page article.
(d) Interview with BBC London.

11. What do the words mean in title of the program, Ahon Sa Hirop, started by Dr. Generoso Octavio?
(a) Away from poverty.
(b) A rise from the dirt.
(c) Rise above poverty.
(d) A rise from the Ashes.

12. The Grameen replication program called the Landless People's Fund of the Center for Agriculture and Rural Development is established in which country?
(a) Malaysia.
(b) Philippines.
(c) Bangladesh.
(d) China.

13. According to Yunus, poverty is not created by ____________.
(a) The poor.
(b) Structures of society.
(c) Governments.
(d) Capitalists.

14. What American group gives the first funding for the Grameen Trust?
(a) Microsoft.
(b) Rockefeller Foundation.
(c) MacArthur Foundation.
(d) Ford Foundation.

15. What is one of the hardest years ever for Grameen on many fronts?
(a) 1991.
(b) 2001.
(c) 1971.
(d) 1981.

Short Answer Questions

1. Yunus believes one of the biggest flaws of international aid agencies is being too what?

2. Who is the president of the Grameen Foundation USA?

3. What year was Grameen Bank II launched?

4. Yunus estimates that Internet use worldwide is __________ every year.

5. What does the first volunteer who raises her hand in Pine Bluff, Arkansas tell Yunus she wants a loan for?

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