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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is another trait does Schelling say parents might be able to choose?
(a) IQ.
(b) Weight.
(c) Skin color.
(d) Historical knowledge.

2. What model of human behavior does Schelling say arms control follows?
(a) Binary choice model.
(b) Critical-mass model.
(c) Commons model.
(d) The herding instinct.

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

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

5. What process does Schelling imagine parents choosing to undergo, in his hypothetical example?
(a) Community planning.
(b) Clairvoyance.
(c) Chromosome selection.
(d) Immunization.

Short Answer Questions

1. What aspect of the history of nuclear weapons does Schelling describe?

2. What choice does Schelling say eugenics gave parents?

3. What continuous variable does Schelling say parents could select for?

4. What is an example of a prediction which Schelling says closed system modeling cannot make?

5. What has to happen before hockey players will accept the requirement to wear helmets, in Schelling's analysis?

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