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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 is another trait does Schelling say parents might be able to choose?
(a) Skin color.
(b) Historical knowledge.
(c) Weight.
(d) IQ.

2. What does Schelling say would be the consequence of a culture preferring male children?
(a) Shortage of wives.
(b) Influx of immigrants.
(c) Shortage of workers.
(d) Shortage of soldiers.

3. What does Schelling say you must know in order to understand what segregation might result from choice?
(a) The influence of the media.
(b) The personalities of each group's leaders.
(c) Incentives behind the behavior.
(d) The local political environment.

4. How does Schelling describe daylight savings time?
(a) As a self-fulfilling prophecy.
(b) As a self-displacing prophecy.
(c) As a self-enforcing convention.
(d) As a critical mass.

5. What does Schelling say about offspring?
(a) They will probably look like their mothers.
(b) They will probably look like their fathers.
(c) They will probably look like their maternal grandfathers.
(d) They will probably look like their paternal grandmothers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What consequence does Schelling say might affect people sitting closer to the stage?

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

3. What does Schelling say can be included in closed models?

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

5. What does Schelling say about the underlying motivation for segregation?

(see the answer key)

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