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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 individual behaviors have in economic analysis?
(a) Statistical insignificance.
(b) Statistical predictability.
(c) Randomness.
(d) Mathematical equality.

2. What does Schelling say people have a tendency to do?
(a) Be honest.
(b) Hide from unpleasant facts.
(c) Put others down.
(d) Put themselves in good positions.

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

4. Why can the Golden Gate Bridge charge a double toll for traffic in one direction without fear of being unfair?
(a) Because the traffic reverses direction at the end of every day.
(b) Because tolls are designed to repair social inequality.
(c) Because even one-way drivers will return one day.
(d) Because people coming south have more money than people in the city.

5. What does Schelling say about the number of genetic variations that can take place when a man and a woman have a baby?
(a) The number is limited by the parents' environment.
(b) The number is vast.
(c) The number is limited by the parents' social class.
(d) The number is limited by the parents' genes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Schelling says that it is hard to draw the line between "individually motivated" segregation and what?

2. How does Schelling explain blacks and whites being excluded from each other's churches?

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

4. How is genetic modification different from eugenics?

5. What does Schelling say provides clear evidence of black versus white areas in American cities?

(see the answer key)

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