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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Yunus's father not like about being in business?
(a) Navigating politics.
(b) Getting loans.
(c) Running a factory.
(d) Making speeches.

2. What year did Pakistan partition from India?
(a) 1942.
(b) 1953.
(c) 1961.
(d) 1947.

3. What year does Yunus begin to teach at Middle Tennessee State University?
(a) 1970.
(b) 1981.
(c) 1983.
(d) 1971.

4. In the world of development, Yunus believes that programs combine the poor and non-poor to the benefit of whom?
(a) Non-poor.
(b) Poor.
(c) Aid agencies.
(d) Government.

5. The process of explaining how Yunus's operation works to other villagers is particularly difficult for whom?
(a) Yunus.
(b) Women.
(c) Students.
(d) Men.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the famous economics professor, Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen from?

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

3. Yunus believes that repaying a large lump sum at the end of a loan is _______________ for borrowers.

4. What do people need in order to borrow money from the government bank in Bangladesh?

5. In 1982, Yunus is determined that Grameen should be what?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who helps Yunus get his loan program started?

2. What is Yunus's experience like at the American universities he attends?

3. What does Yunus do on behalf of Bengalis and Bangladesh after the country declares independence from Pakistan?

4. What does the bank manager tell Yunus about developing a loan program for the poor?

5. What are the loan repayment terms that Yunus sets as he develops the Grameen Bank?

6. How does Yunus describe his Bengali school?

7. What is happening in Yunus's homeland in 1971 while he is in America?

8. What does Yunus conclude is a fundamental problem of poverty?

9. What is the Grameen Bank Project in the District of Tangail?

10. What happens during the Partition in 1947?

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