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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 social scientists consider in behavior modeling?
(a) Fear of punishment.
(b) Political environment.
(c) Individual incentives.
(d) The collective unconscious.

2. What case does Schelling use to illustrate the difficulty of making an economic proposition?
(a) Raising the drinking age.
(b) Raising the draft age.
(c) Lowering the drinking age.
(d) Ending the draft.

3. What does Schelling say people feel in a "bounded-neighborhood" model?
(a) Apprehensive about the future if there is a chance that other ethnicities might take over.
(b) Trapped among people similar to themselves.
(c) Happy if they are the vast majority.
(d) Happy if members of another race do not outnumber them.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Schelling say constrains the social scientist's model for race segregation?

2. What does Schelling say about the number of genetic variations that can take place when a man and a woman have a baby?

3. What example does Schelling use to show discrimination in an atypical light?

4. What does Schelling say discrimination is?

5. Which example does Schelling say complicates the prospect of arriving at a definitive proposition?

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