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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6: Choosing Our Children's Genes.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Schelling say will be necessary to satisfy people with a closed model?
(a) A correction for young people.
(b) An imposed division.
(c) An additional regression model.
(d) An arbitray limit on the time period.

2. What is the second thing Schelling says a social behavior model can be?
(a) A theory that explains a preponderance of evidence.
(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 piece of evidence from which an entire system can be deduced.

3. Which example does Schelling say complicates the prospect of arriving at a definitive proposition?
(a) A business with a number of different product lines.
(b) A commodity whose price is volatile.
(c) A college with an unequal distribution of male and female students.
(d) A population spread out over a wide geographical area.

4. What does Schelling say the government might do to correct the imbalance of male and female babies?
(a) Offer incentives for immigrants with female children.
(b) Offer tax incentives.
(c) Teach female children to read and write.
(d) Punish parents with too many boys.

5. What ingrained behavior does Schelling say informs the decision where to sit in a theater?
(a) Not to sit in front.
(b) Not to sit next to anyone.
(c) Not to sit near funny-looking people.
(d) Not to sit in the back.

Short Answer Questions

1. What example from human psychology does Schelling contrapose to conscious choice?

2. What additional factors does Schelling say contribute to population preferences?

3. What does Schelling use his lecture to an audience of 800 people to illustrate?

4. How does the heating system parallel human behavior in Schelling's example?

5. What is another trait does Schelling say parents might be able to choose?

(see the answer key)

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