1. What does Schelling say is the result if aggregate behavior results from a small number of variables?
(a) Doubt.
(b) Conflict.
(c) Faith.
(d) Certainty.

2. What does Schelling say people feel in a "bounded-neighborhood" model?
(a) Trapped among people similar to themselves.
(b) Happy if members of another race do not outnumber them.
(c) Happy if they are the vast majority.
(d) Apprehensive about the future if there is a chance that other ethnicities might take over.

3. What does Schelling say would be the downside to chromosomal modification?
(a) People could argue that traits result more from nurture.
(b) Unforeseen medical problems might emerge.
(c) The concept of human-ness might be diminished.
(d) Parents would feel pressure to compete by giving their children the modification.

4. What continuous variable does Schelling say parents could select for?
(a) Eyesight.
(b) Eye color.
(c) Left versus right-handedness.
(d) Longevity.

5. What does Schelling say would be the result of his hypothetical case?
(a) He says that there would likely be larger communities in some cultures.
(b) He says that it would be impossible to know what would happen.
(c) He says that the outcome would depend on the sample size.
(d) He says that there would likely be smaller communities in some cultures. He says that there would likely be larger communities in some cultures.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. How many distinct sperm does Schelling say a man can produce?

3. How does Schelling say chromosomal modification might be useful?

4. What does Schelling say most people will say about their driving?

5. How does Schelling say the Russian's space program affected America's space program?

(see the answer key)

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