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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. Schelling says that it is hard to draw the line between "individually motivated" segregation and what?
(a) Historical discrimination.
(b) Religious aversions.
(c) Ethnic aversions.
(d) Institutional or economic discrimination.

2. What does Schelling say provides clear evidence of black versus white areas in American cities?
(a) First-hand observation.
(b) Maps.
(c) Demography.
(d) History books.

3. How does Schelling say family size would be affected by his hypothetical case?
(a) Parents could choose to abort children if they knew they had deformities.
(b) Parents could move to a place where their children had a better chance of survival.
(c) Parents could move to the places where their only children would have the best resources.
(d) Parents could stop having kids when they got the balance of boys and girls they wanted.

4. What does Schelling say genetic modification would interfere with?
(a) The meaning of being human.
(b) People's sense of their history.
(c) People's most basic rights.
(d) The ability to reflect on one's life.

5. What does Schelling say about discrimination as a reason for segregation?
(a) Discrimination only produces segregation where there is a critical mass.
(b) Segregation is actually a conglomeration of other unconscious motives.
(c) Some reasons transcend discrimination.
(d) Segregation is a healthy expression of discrimination.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Schelling describe the system of skiers going up a lift and coming down the trails?

2. What does Schelling call the myriad of potential results?

3. What does Schelling say has to be closely attended to, in economic analysis?

4. How does Schelling say people are segregated?

5. What does Schelling say about segregation?

(see the answer key)

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