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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. The goal of the first Microcredit Summit is to reach 100 million of the poorest families in the world in _____ years.
(a) Twenty.
(b) Ten.
(c) Five.
(d) Fifteen.

2. What is Grameen Check?
(a) Line of credit for craftsmen.
(b) Check writing service.
(c) Money wiring service.
(d) Line of hand-woven fabric.

3. How many total branches does the Grameen Bank have by the end of the book?
(a) 1,100.
(b) 1,181.
(c) 180,000.
(d) 1 million.

4. Overall, Grameen is considered to be where on the political spectrum?
(a) Center.
(b) Left.
(c) Not on the spectrum.
(d) Right.

5. Yunus believes the world has been persuaded that the capitalist economy must be fueled by __________.
(a) Laws.
(b) Greed.
(c) Free trade.
(d) Social reform.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the purpose of the non-profit Grameen Shakti?

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

3. According to Yunus, poverty is not created by ____________.

4. When does Yunus tell Governor Clinton that he can start a Grameen program in Arkansas?

5. The program in Pine Bluff, Arkansas is changed from the Grameen Fund to the ___________.

Short Essay Questions

1. What problems does Yunus find with resource allocation in Bangladesh?

2. What is Grameen Securities Management Company?

3. What problems does Yunus encounter with the U.S. welfare system?

4. Where are Grameen-like programs established around the world?

5. How do micro-credit programs get started in the United States?

6. Why doesn't Grameen offer skill training?

7. What is the definition of a "social entrepreneur"?

8. What is the Grameen Generalized System?

9. How does Yunus rate the success of the Grameen programs as he looks back on the first two decades?

10. What is Yunus's view of how to end poverty in the world?

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