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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 organization in Chicago starts the Full Circle Fund?
(a) WSEP.
(b) MIT.
(c) CASHPOR.
(d) RESULTS.

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

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

4. By March 2003, how many "telephone ladies" does GrameenPhone have selling phone services in villages?
(a) 250.
(b) 25,000.
(c) 2,500.
(d) 25.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. At an annual workshop held by the Grameen Bank in 1982, what proposal is drawn up?

2. UN studies conducted in more than forty developing countries found that the birth rate falls as _______________.

3. What year does Professor Gibbons launch the Grameen replicator program called Project Ikhtiar?

4. There is a long tradition of what craft that was once in high demand in Bangladesh?

5. How many villages does Grameen operate in by the year 2000?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the International Dialogue Program?

2. How do the Clintons become involved with the Grameen Bank?

3. What is the Grameen Trust?

4. What role does Yunus believe the government should have in combating poverty?

5. Why doesn't Grameen offer skill training?

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

7. What is the Grameen Foundation USA?

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

9. According to Yunus, what role does free trade play in poverty relief?

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

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