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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7: Hockey Helmets, Daylight Saving, and Other Binary Choices.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Schelling's analysis, what behavior governs the people filling the theater?
(a) Bunching behavior.
(b) Chaos.
(c) Group aversion.
(d) Randomness.

2. How does Schelling say the success of society is evaluated?
(a) In the welfare of the least successful individuals.
(b) In the health and success of individuals.
(c) In the success of the leaders and superior individuals.
(d) On the aggregate, not the individual level.

3. What does Schelling say the simplest model of a closed system with a density enhancement contains?
(a) Future forecasting predictions.
(b) Population numbers and historical date.
(c) Micropopulation numbers and statistical projections.
(d) Population numbers and individual preferences.

4. What fear does Schelling say informs the behavior that is ingrained in people's decisions where to sit in a theater?
(a) The fear of a pop quiz in class.
(b) The fear of violent teachers.
(c) The fear of being called on stage.
(d) The fear of being involved.

5. Why might segregation result without discrimination?
(a) A city might have built housing for foreign refugees of war or famine.
(b) Areas might have been populated during successive waves of immigration.
(c) Either of two groups might want to be the majority in an area.
(d) Areas might be historically aligned with one group or another.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Schelling say about discrimination as a reason for segregation?

2. How many possibilities does Schelling say social scientists have to account for when charting binary choice?

3. What term does Garrett Hardin use to describe people who infringe on others by following their own desires intently?

4. What does Schelling say about Christmas cards?

5. Under what condition, does Schelling say, would a black person feel more comfortable reading ads in a church bulletin?

(see the answer key)

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