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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, A Pilot Project is Born.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When Yunus begins to teach at Chittagong University, what does he notice as he drives from his father's house every day?
(a) Thriving villagers.
(b) Lush fields.
(c) Barren fields.
(d) Dying villagers.

3. What does Yunus make for demonstration in Washington D.C.?
(a) Petitions.
(b) Uniforms.
(c) Festoons.
(d) Flags.

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

5. What does the name of the farmers' cooperative experiment in Jobra, "Nabajug," mean?
(a) Hard work.
(b) Next year.
(c) New era.
(d) More food.

Short Answer Questions

1. What year did Pakistan partition from India?

2. Yunus's mother tells him the story of _____________.

3. What scholarship for a Ph.D is Yunus offered in 1965?

4. What kind of business does Yunus's father have?

5. How much does each member of the Bangladesh Citizens' Committee donate to the committee fund?

(see the answer key)

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