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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As Yunus visits the embassies of other countries throughout Washington D.C., they all ask if Bangladesh has a _____________.
(a) Government.
(b) Flag.
(c) Army.
(d) Treasury.

2. What major war is going on while Yunus is getting his Ph.D. in America?
(a) The Korean War.
(b) The Gulf War.
(c) World War II.
(d) The Vietman War.

3. Yunus does not use lawyers or legal documents in his loan program because ___________ is an important component to the success of his bank.
(a) Trust.
(b) Faith.
(c) Loan forgiveness.
(d) Intimidation.

4. In what year was the Bangladesh War of Liberation?
(a) 1969.
(b) 1954.
(c) 1973.
(d) 1982.

5. What do the farmers in Jobra agree to do for Yunus's initial university study?
(a) Plant low-yeilding rice.
(b) Plant soybeans.
(c) Leave their fields fallow.
(d) Plant high-yeilding rice.

6. What kind of business does Yunus begin in the early 1960s?
(a) Shoe factory.
(b) An economics program for children.
(c) Packaging and printing plant.
(d) A bank.

7. In the world of development, Yunus believes that programs combine the poor and non-poor to the benefit of whom?
(a) Non-poor.
(b) Government.
(c) Aid agencies.
(d) Poor.

8. How many branches does the Grameen Bank open each year throughout the 1980s?
(a) 1000.
(b) 250.
(c) 25.
(d) 100.

9. Which of the following is NOT a reason for the success of the loan support groups within Yunus's program?
(a) Intimidation.
(b) Incentives.
(c) Solidarity.
(d) Competition.

10. How many members does a support group need before any loans are made?
(a) Two.
(b) Seven.
(c) Three.
(d) Five.

11. What year does Yunus return to Bangladesh after teaching in Tennessee?
(a) 1972.
(b) 1981.
(c) 1979.
(d) 1970.

12. What is the name of the leader of the Pakistan partition movement?
(a) Ali Zindabad.
(b) Mohammed Ali Jinnah.
(c) Gandhi.
(d) Lord Louis Mountbatten.

13. Where is the famous economics professor, Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen from?
(a) Romania.
(b) England.
(c) Bangladesh.
(d) Russia.

14. Yunus, even from a young age, has always thought of himself as what?
(a) A reformer.
(b) A banker.
(c) A teacher.
(d) An economist.

15. Yunus is going to be in America for three months in 1977 to attend ___________________.
(a) The presidential inaugruation.
(b) Harvard School of Business.
(c) The UN General Assembly.
(d) The official reconigtion of Bangladesh.

Short Answer Questions

1. Yunus develops an ownership proposal where the Bangladesh government will own what percentage of Grameen?

2. What percentage of the population in Bangladesh could not read or write in the late 1970s?

3. Where is the opening ceremony for the Grameen Bank held?

4. What is the name of the largest government bank in Bangladesh?

5. Where did Yunus's Bengali friend, Mohiuddin Alamgir, just graduate from at the time of the demonstration in Washington D.C.?

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