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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Yunus's father?

2. What is the name of the largest government bank in Bangladesh?

3. Who does Yunus say are not the poorest people in Bangladesh?

4. Yunus tells the managing director of the Bangladesh Agriculture Bank that he has no interest in becoming what?

5. How many members does a support group need before any loans are made?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens during the Partition in 1947?

3. What influence does each of Yunus's parents have on him?

4. What is a dadan arrangement?

5. Who designs the logo for the Grameen Bank, what does it look like, and what does it symbolize?

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

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

8. What does Yunus do for money in his youth?

9. What happens to Yunus's mother, Sofia?

10. How does Yunus become involved with combating the famine that strikes Bangladesh in 1974?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What, specifically, leads Yunus to become a banker to the poor?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss how The Nimgachi Fisheries Project is allegorically representative of the journey taken by the Grameen Bank.

Essay Topic 3

How does Muhammad Yunus's career as a teacher play a role in his becoming a banker to the poor? Discuss specific examples.

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