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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 would be the consequence of a culture preferring male children?
(a) Influx of immigrants.
(b) Shortage of wives.
(c) Shortage of soldiers.
(d) Shortage of workers.

2. What does Schelling say discrimination is?
(a) Refusal to consider reason in a decision.
(b) Preference for one race over another.
(c) Conscious awareness of a choice.
(d) Willingness to be biased.

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

4. How does Schelling arrive at the number of genetic possibilities in two people's offspring?
(a) By multiplying the number of possible eggs and the number of possible sperm.
(b) By adding the number of possible eggs and the number of possible sperm.
(c) By dividing the number of possible eggs and the number of possible sperm.
(d) By running the eggs and sperm through polymerase chain reactions.

5. What example does Schelling use as an example of discrimination?
(a) Boys and girls.
(b) Individual and mass.
(c) Fish and fowl.
(d) American and European.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many distinct sperm does Schelling say a man can produce?

2. What does Schelling say about segregation?

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

4. What does Schelling say individual behaviors have in economic analysis?

5. What does Schelling say might be a demographic consequence of parents choosing their children's traits?

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