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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6: Choosing Our Children's Genes.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Schelling describe discrimination?
(a) As a two-fold distinction.
(b) As the opposite of the free market.
(c) As a court of opinion and rumor.
(d) As an absolute preference.

3. What does Schelling say the measles story is an example of?
(a) A critical-mass process.
(b) A paradoxical process.
(c) A public-health process.
(d) A counter-intuitive process.

4. What does Schelling say discrimination is?
(a) Conscious awareness of a choice.
(b) Refusal to consider reason in a decision.
(c) Preference for one race over another.
(d) Willingness to be biased.

5. What does Schelling say the presence of a small group of black students in a college student body does for any economic propositions about the behavior of that student body?
(a) Introduces uncertainty.
(b) Introduces tension and inequality.
(c) Introduces randomness.
(d) Introduces non-economic competition.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Schelling say about an equilibrium division of the population?

2. What does Schelling say social scientists hope to describe by characterizing a system?

3. How many distinct eggs does Schelling say a woman can produce?

4. What does Schelling say about human desire?

5. What does Schelling say the defines independent variable in a behavioral system?

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