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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 term does Garrett Hardin use to describe people who infringe on others by following their own desires intently?
(a) Commons.
(b) Lemons.
(c) Self-fulfilling prophecy.
(d) Critical mass.

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

3. How does Schelling describe the system of skiers going up a lift and coming down the trails?
(a) As a static system.
(b) As an open system.
(c) As a transformative system.
(d) As a closed system.

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

5. What does Schelling say the "tipping" critical-mass model first described?
(a) New ethnicities moving into neighborhoods.
(b) Dust being drizzles onto scales.
(c) Political change.
(d) The boom-bust cycle in economics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What example does Schelling use as an example of discrimination?

3. What does Schelling say individuals react to?

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

5. What does Schelling say the farmer needs to know?

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