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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. Yunus believes the world has been persuaded that the capitalist economy must be fueled by __________.

2. What is Grameen Check?

3. Simply by being a shareholder in the Grameen Bank, members receive what?

4. What organization in Chicago starts the Full Circle Fund?

5. What do the words mean in title of the program, Ahon Sa Hirop, started by Dr. Generoso Octavio?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why doesn't Grameen offer skill training?

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

4. How does Grameen give its staff leeway to be creative with loans?

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

6. What kind of loans does Grameen give now that it is an established world entity?

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

8. What problems does Grameen encounter in the early 1990s?

9. How does Yunus view the role of the entrepreneur?

10. What is Yunus's view of the need for Internet access in poor communities?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe three specific ways Muhammad Yunus is influenced by his mother.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss, using specific examples, what Yunus discovers as he begins to study the poor people in the village of Jobra.

Essay Topic 3

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

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