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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7: Hockey Helmets, Daylight Saving, and Other Binary Choices.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Schelling say about the underlying motivation for segregation?
(a) It is necessary.
(b) ItIt is inevitable.
(c) It is based in race or ethnic hatred.
(d) It can be fairly ordinary.

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

3. What does Schelling say are discrete variables?
(a) Education, certifications and career.
(b) Height, weight and eye color.
(c) Sex, race and religion.
(d) History, ethnicity and tradition.

4. What is an externality?
(a) A factor that the social scientist has to include to balance the appearance of bias in his model.
(b) When another person's actions affect your decision.
(c) A consequence unrelated to the choice, but one that proceeds from it and has to be considered.
(d) When additional factors change the terms of the binary choice.

5. What does Schelling say might allow people to select detailed traits of their children?
(a) Radiation therapy.
(b) Genetic mapping.
(c) Hormone therapies.
(d) Chromosome mining.

Short Answer Questions

1. What additional explanation does Schelling offer for seat selection?

2. What can a closed system with a density enhancement include, in Schelling's analysis?

3. What does Schelling say would be at risk in a culture where parents preferred male children?

4. What does Schelling use his lecture to an audience of 800 people to illustrate?

5. How many calls does the individual receive, in the aggregate, in Schelling's analysis?

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