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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 the measles story is an example of?
(a) A counter-intuitive process.
(b) A critical-mass process.
(c) A paradoxical process.
(d) A public-health process.

2. What does Schelling say about discrimination as a reason for segregation?
(a) Segregation is actually a conglomeration of other unconscious motives.
(b) Discrimination only produces segregation where there is a critical mass.
(c) Segregation is a healthy expression of discrimination.
(d) Some reasons transcend discrimination.

3. What is the first thing Schelling says a social behavior model can be?
(a) A precise statement of a set of relationships.
(b) A hypothetical explanation of individual's motives.
(c) A form of accounting.
(d) A flow chart.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Schelling say about discrimination?

2. What does Schelling say would be the result of his hypothetical case?

3. What does Schelling say might allow people to select detailed traits of their children?

4. What discrete variable does Schelling say parents could select for?

5. What does Schelling say would be the downside to chromosomal modification?

(see the answer key)

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