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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. How many children are born into Yunus's family?

2. Which of the following is NOT an interest of the young Yunus?

3. As Yunus begins his university study, he finds that economists rarely reflect on the origin and development of ___________.

4. What kind of business does Yunus begin in the early 1960s?

5. Where did Yunus's Bengali friend, Mohiuddin Alamgir, just graduate from at the time of the demonstration in Washington D.C.?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is a dadan arrangement?

2. How does Yunus describe his Bengali school?

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

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

5. Describe Yunus's childhood home on Boxirhat Road.

6. What is the purpose of the Chittagong University Rural Development Project?

7. Who helps Yunus get his loan program started?

8. What is the set up in the village of Jobra to determine loan eligibility and repayment terms?

9. What happens during the Partition in 1947?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Yunus believes that keeping the dignity of the borrower is imperative to the success of any loan program. Discuss how Grameen has stayed true to its original intent of helping the poor without damaging their dignity. Cite specific examples.

Essay Topic 3

How is Yunus weaving a "beautiful allegory" for the whole Grameen enterprise? Discuss fully, including discussion of the Grameen logo and what it represents.

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