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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4: Sorting and Mixing: Race and Sex.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What consequence does Schelling say might affect people sitting closer to the stage?
(a) They are will be last to leave.
(b) They can see and hear better.
(c) They are forced to be watched by the others.
(d) They are socially outcast.

2. When does Schelling say social behavior can be considered a critical mass?
(a) When social criticism is essential to defining the problem.
(b) When the behavior matches with models that were based in the physics of nuclear fission.
(c) When the behavior has to do with things sold by the pound.
(d) When the number of people exhibiting behavior is the most important factor.

3. What is the second thing Schelling says a social behavior model can be?
(a) A piece of evidence from which an entire system can be deduced.
(b) An actual biological or mechanical system that embodies a certain relationship.
(c) A dialogue about the nature of the evidence in a certain system.
(d) A theory that explains a preponderance of evidence.

4. What does Schelling say a proposition has to have in order to be true?
(a) It has to be fair and balanced.
(b) It has to be inclusive and correct.
(c) It has to be mathematically grounded.
(d) It has to be able to be translated into an equation.

5. What does Schelling say you must know in order to understand what segregation might result from choice?
(a) Incentives behind the behavior.
(b) The local political environment.
(c) The influence of the media.
(d) The personalities of each group's leaders.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Schelling say individuals react to?

2. What does Schelling say about economic systems that allow unequal distribution of wealth?

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

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

5. What does Schelling say the measles story is an example of?

(see the answer key)

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