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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8: An Astonishing Sixty Years: The Legacy of Hiroshima.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What example from nature does Schelling contrapose to human decisions?
(a) Evolution.
(b) Instinct.
(c) Photosynthesis.
(d) Gravity.

2. What does Schelling say about the results of segregation and integration models?
(a) They are interesting.
(b) They have gravitas.
(c) They can be deceptive.
(d) They are occasionally statistically useful.

3. What has to happen before hockey players will accept the requirement to wear helmets, in Schelling's analysis?
(a) Fans need to want a safer game.
(b) Helmets need to be tested and proved.
(c) Flattering helmets need to be designed.
(d) A famous player has to be injured.

4. What hope does Schelling express for the future of nuclear arms?
(a) That the U.S. will suspend its reliance on nuclear deterrence.
(b) That the U.S. will share nuclear technology among its allies.
(c) That the U.S. will attack North Korea or Brazil with nuclear weapons.
(d) That the U.S. will re-establish its nuclear dominance by testing nuclear weapons.

5. What does Schelling compare to the process of tracking the circulation of money in an economy?
(a) Water's movement from the ocean to clouds to rivers to the ocean.
(b) Musical chairs.
(c) Rumors circulating.
(d) The development and use of language.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why might segregation result without discrimination?

2. How does Schelling account for people's decision to join the majority or follow their own path?

3. What does Schelling say people have a tendency to do?

4. What does Schelling say about binary choices?

5. What does Schelling say a doctor administering measles vaccines found, that illustrates the human behavior Schelling is describing?

(see the answer key)

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