1. How does Schelling say family size would be affected by his hypothetical case?
(a) Parents could move to a place where their children had a better chance of survival.
(b) Parents could choose to abort children if they knew they had deformities.
(c) Parents could stop having kids when they got the balance of boys and girls they wanted.
(d) Parents could move to the places where their only children would have the best resources.

2. What does Schelling say about offspring?
(a) They will probably look like their fathers.
(b) They will probably look like their maternal grandfathers.
(c) They will probably look like their mothers.
(d) They will probably look like their paternal grandmothers.

3. What does Schelling say about a bike owner buying a bike for $90 and selling it for $150?
(a) He says that the exchange replaces a real bicycle with abstract money.
(b) He says that the owner gains a profit of $60.
(c) He says that the exchange is consistent with laws of capitalism.
(d) He says that the owner still has to pay overhead, so the exchange is equal.

4. How does Schelling say chromosomal modification might be useful?
(a) It could screen out pathologies.
(b) It could limit the number of still births.
(c) It could reduce the number of unwanted pregnancies.
(d) It could reduce the number of undesirables in a culture.

5. How many distinct sperm does Schelling say a man can produce?
(a) 4 million.
(b) 180,000.
(c) 8 million.
(d) 1 million.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Schelling call the phenomenon when two independent activities are dependent upon each other in that one is looked to as the other's source of growth?

2. What does Schelling ultimately say about choosing the sex of one's baby?

3. What does Schelling say individual behaviors have in economic analysis?

4. Schelling says that it is hard to draw the line between "individually motivated" segregation and what?

5. What does Schelling say about balance in individual cases?

(see the answer key)

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