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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 is the name of the Muslim custom that keeps married women in seclusion?
(a) Poysha.
(b) Purdah.
(c) Paikar.
(d) Taka.

2. What does Yunus learn from Professor Georgescu-Roegen that causes economics and life to be more complicated than they really are?
(a) Arrogance.
(b) Ignorance.
(c) Money.
(d) Time.

3. Where does Yunus go first to study in the United States?
(a) University of Tennessee.
(b) University of Colorado.
(c) University of Chicago.
(d) Vanderbilt 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) The pan seller.
(c) The stool maker.
(d) Yunus.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the name of the middlemen that Sufiaya Begum has to go through to get her bamboo?

3. Yunus believes one of the biggest flaws of international aid agencies is being too what?

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

5. Where is the famous economics professor, Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen from?

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