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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 would a density enhancement add to a closed model? Improved distribution modeling. Room for more factors to be included. Relief from certain mathematical constraints.
(a) Room for more factors to be included.
(b) Improved distribution modeling.
(c) Relief from certain mathematical constraints.
(d) Predictive accuracy.

2. What process does Schelling imagine parents choosing to undergo, in his hypothetical example?
(a) Community planning.
(b) Chromosome selection.
(c) Immunization.
(d) Clairvoyance.

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

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

5. What does Schelling say provides clear evidence of black versus white areas in American cities?
(a) First-hand observation.
(b) History books.
(c) Demography.
(d) Maps.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Schelling say about the frequency of pairs?

2. What does Schelling say happens when the youngest ten percent of a population moves?

3. What does Schelling say you must know in order to understand what segregation might result from choice?

4. How many distinct sperm does Schelling say a man can produce?

5. How does Schelling describe discrimination?

(see the answer key)

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