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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What U.S. President decided not to use nuclear weapons in Kuwait?
(a) George H. W. Bush.
(b) George W. Bush.
(c) Bill Clinton.
(d) Ronald Reagan.

2. What factor does Schelling use as an example of what motivates adults in their distribution decisions?
(a) Living near people of the same age.
(b) Living near people who also have small children.
(c) Living near family.
(d) Living with people of the same race.

3. What does Schelling say is the goal of a binary choice model?
(a) To limit the possibilities.
(b) To accurately characterize the influential factors.
(c) To reach equilibrium.
(d) To expand the possibilities.

4. What continuous variable does Schelling say parents could select for?
(a) Eyesight.
(b) Eye color.
(c) Longevity.
(d) Left versus right-handedness.

5. What does Schelling say parents are most concerned with in the case of vaccination?
(a) The consequences of not being vaccinated.
(b) The benefits of the vaccine.
(c) How often the vaccination services are available.
(d) Who else is vaccinating their children.

6. What aspect of the history of nuclear weapons does Schelling describe?
(a) Changing attitudes toward them.
(b) Treaties regulating them.
(c) Evolving detonation technology.
(d) Their increasing power.

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

8. What does Schelling say economic models of human behavior consider?
(a) History.
(b) Values.
(c) Practical truths.
(d) Variables.

9. In what war did Truman's successor have to decide whether to drop the bomb?
(a) The Falklands conflict.
(b) The Korean War.
(c) Vietnam.
(d) The Greek Civil War.

10. What does Schelling say is the best use of sorting and mixing models?
(a) Marriage and evolution.
(b) Free markets.
(c) Population and food supply.
(d) Residence or membership.

11. What does Schelling say happens when the youngest ten percent of a population moves?
(a) There is a new "youngest" ten percent.
(b) The average age of the group decreases.
(c) The population is now considered more distributed.
(d) The old people are next to

12. What does it mean if the median age is 45 in an open model?
(a) Everyone under 25 and over 70 will move out.
(b) Everyone under 35 and everyone over 65 will move out.
(c) People will stay until they move to nursing homes.
(d) People over 90 will stay to be part of the group.

13. What does Schelling say the simplest model of a closed system with a density enhancement contains?
(a) Population numbers and individual preferences.
(b) Micropopulation numbers and statistical projections.
(c) Future forecasting predictions.
(d) Population numbers and historical date.

14. What is an unconditional preference?
(a) A preference that does not change regardless of others' actions.
(b) A preference that does not acknowledge other alternatives.
(c) A preference that has to be adopted by all members of a group.
(d) A force of psychological nature.

15. How many possibilities does Schelling say social scientists have to account for when charting binary choice?
(a) Only two.
(b) Many, but not an infinite amount.
(c) An infinite amount.
(d) Eight to sixteen.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Schelling say the government might do to correct the imbalance of male and female babies?

2. What does Schelling say about the results of segregation and integration models?

3. What does Schelling say can be included in closed models?

4. What does Schelling say the segregation/integration model identify in addition to population concerns?

5. What second example does Schelling use to demonstrate a closed system with a density enhancement?

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