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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8, Growth and Challenges for the Bank for the Poor, 1984-1990.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What scholarship for a Ph.D is Yunus offered in 1965?
(a) Bengali National.
(b) Oxford.
(c) Fulbright.
(d) Rhodes.

2. UN studies conducted in more than forty developing countries found that the birth rate falls as _______________.
(a) Men gain wealth.
(b) Women are kept submissive.
(c) Women gain equality.
(d) Governments limit family size.

3. Where did Yunus's Bengali friend, Mohiuddin Alamgir, just graduate from at the time of the demonstration in Washington D.C.?
(a) Harvard University.
(b) Vanderbilt University,
(c) University of Chicago.
(d) Chittagong University.

4. As Yunus begins the loan program in Jobra village, who does he initially designate to collect the loan payments?
(a) A student.
(b) Yunus.
(c) The stool maker.
(d) The pan seller.

5. What percentage of loans does Yunus want to go to women in his initial bank experiment?
(a) 25 percent.
(b) 10 percent.
(c) 50 percent.
(d) 75 percent.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Yunus's favorite American television show to watch during his first summer in the U.S.?

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

3. In many Third World countries, the overwhelming majority of people make their living through what?

4. How much profit does Sufiaya Begum make on selling her bamboo stools?

5. How much does the bamboo cost that Sufiaya Begum has to buy to make her stools?

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