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

2. How does Schelling say chromosomal modification might be useful?
(a) It could screen out pathologies.
(b) It could reduce the number of unwanted pregnancies.
(c) It could limit the number of still births.
(d) It could reduce the number of undesirables in a culture.

3. What does Schelling say about a bike owner buying a bike for $90 and selling it for $150?
(a) He says that the exchange replaces a real bicycle with abstract money.
(b) He says that the owner gains a profit of $60.
(c) He says that the owner still has to pay overhead, so the exchange is equal.
(d) He says that the exchange is consistent with laws of capitalism.

4. What is the central issue in the case Schelling presents regarding hockey helmets?
(a) The validity of safety statistics.
(b) How many people make the choice.
(c) The authority of the league.
(d) The reasonableness of the decision.

5. What does Schelling call the phenomenon when two independent activities are dependent upon each other in that one is looked to as the other's source of growth?
(a) A direct proportion.
(b) The transcendental relationship.
(c) The acceleration principle.
(d) An economic proposition.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Schelling say social scientists will replace the aspects of a system with in order to understand the system?

2. What do the laws visible in the human behavior Schelling describes lead you to expect in other cyclic processes?

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

4. How hockey players feel when the league makes helmets mandatory, in Schelling's analysis?

5. What does Schelling say is the best use of sorting and mixing models?

(see the answer key)

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