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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 example does Schelling use to explain the closed system with a density enhancement?
(a) Distribution for a highway toll system.
(b) Distribution for a university.
(c) Distribution for a nursing home.
(d) Distribution for local co-op market.

2. What tool does Schelling say social scientists use to describe behaviors such as human principles and household activities?
(a) Graphic designs.
(b) Math.
(c) Metaphors.
(d) Computer architecture.

3. How can one gather information about the choice of the majority, in Schelling's example?
(a) By statistical analysis.
(b) By observation.
(c) By detailed research.
(d) By polling.

4. What does Schelling say genetic modification would interfere with?
(a) The ability to reflect on one's life.
(b) People's most basic rights.
(c) People's sense of their history.
(d) The meaning of being human.

5. What factor does Schelling use as an example of what motivates adults in their distribution decisions?
(a) Living near family.
(b) Living near people of the same age.
(c) Living with people of the same race.
(d) Living near people who also have small children.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Schelling say about the underlying motivation for segregation?

2. What does Schelling say race discrimination is caused by?

3. What is an externality?

4. What does Schelling say the processes of separation, segregation, sharing, and mixing have in common?

5. What does Schelling compare to the process of tracking the circulation of money in an economy?

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