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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 does Schelling say race discrimination is caused by?
(a) Historical enmity.
(b) Economic inequality.
(c) False perceptions.
(d) Past injustices.

2. What does Schelling say race discrimination can lead to?
(a) Economic discrimination.
(b) Violence.
(c) Race hatred.
(d) Harmful segregation.

3. What does Schelling say is important in economics?
(a) Natural laws.
(b) Generalizations.
(c) Randomness.
(d) Individual behavior.

4. What natural phenomenon does Schelling compare the economy to?
(a) Celestial bodies.
(b) A forest.
(c) An ocean ecosystem.
(d) An ant colony.

5. What social science does Schelling say sociology resembles?
(a) Psychology.
(b) Economics.
(c) Paranormal psychology.
(d) History.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Schelling describe a critical-mass behavior?

2. What does Schelling say a proposition has to have in order to be true?

3. What else does Schelling say social scientists consider in behavior modeling?

4. What is the first thing Schelling says a social behavior model can be?

5. What does Schelling say the presence of a small group of black students in a college student body does for any economic propositions about the behavior of that student body?

(see the answer key)

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