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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 constrains the social scientist's model for race segregation?
(a) Political analysis.
(b) Historical analysis.
(c) Quantitative analysis.
(d) Qualitative analysis.

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

3. What does Schelling say economic models of human behavior consider?
(a) Variables.
(b) History.
(c) Values.
(d) Practical truths.

4. What does Schelling say about a bike owner buying a bike for $90 and selling it for $150?
(a) He says that the exchange is consistent with laws of capitalism.
(b) He says that the owner still has to pay overhead, so the exchange is equal.
(c) He says that the owner gains a profit of $60.
(d) He says that the exchange replaces a real bicycle with abstract money.

5. 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 college with an unequal distribution of male and female students.
(c) A population spread out over a wide geographical area.
(d) A commodity whose price is volatile.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Schelling say individuals react to?

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

3. What does Schelling say race discrimination is caused by?

4. What does the heating-system-like aspect of human behavior seek, in Schelling's analysis?

5. What ingrained behavior does Schelling say informs the decision where to sit in a theater?

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