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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 do people need in order to borrow money from the government bank in Bangladesh?
(a) Farmland.
(b) Collateral.
(c) References.
(d) Downpayments.

2. What does the government bank manager say is the biggest problem with loaning money to the poor people of Bangladesh?
(a) Loan documents.
(b) Available funds.
(c) Worthy enterprises.
(d) Government permission.

3. Grameen goes against traditional methods of poverty alleviation by not providing what?
(a) Ample loans.
(b) Skills training.
(c) Group support.
(d) Bank contacts.

4. What international aid agency is Yunus particularly critical of?
(a) World Bank.
(b) United Nations.
(c) UNICEF.
(d) Habitat for Humanity.

5. When members of the support groups are finally approved to have a loan, how much is the initial loan asked for in the 1980s?
(a) $100.
(b) $1000.
(c) $25.
(d) $75.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are mahajons in Bangladesh?

2. What does Yunus learn from Professor Georgescu-Roegen that causes economics and life to be more complicated than they really are?

3. Yunus decides to structure the loan repayment on a _________ basis for his loan program.

4. What does Yunus make for demonstration in Washington D.C.?

5. How many Bengalis are in the Nashville area at the time that Yunus forms the Bangladesh Citizens' Committee?

(see the answer key)

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