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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. Under what condition, does Schelling say, would a black person feel more comfortable reading ads in a church bulletin?
(a) If the ads were placed by black people.
(b) If the ads specified that race was not an issue.
(c) If the ads were placed by people of the same denomination.
(d) If the ads asked reasonable prices for goods being sold.

2. What does Schelling say race discrimination is caused by?
(a) Economic inequality.
(b) Historical enmity.
(c) False perceptions.
(d) Past injustices.

3. What does Schelling say is essential to economic analysis?
(a) Profit and loss.
(b) Narrative.
(c) Accounting statements.
(d) Income and economic growth.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Schelling say is the goal of his model for describing segregation?

5. What example does Schelling use as an example of discrimination?

(see the answer key)

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