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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. What choice does Schelling say eugenics gave parents?
(a) Whether to emigrate.
(b) Whether to keep a baby or not.
(c) Whether to have a left-handed or right-handed baby.
(d) Whether to have a boy or a girl.

2. What term does Garrett Hardin use to describe people who infringe on others by following their own desires intently?
(a) Self-fulfilling prophecy.
(b) Commons.
(c) Critical mass.
(d) Lemons.

3. 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.

4. How does Schelling say chromosomal modification might be useful?
(a) It could screen out pathologies.
(b) It could reduce the number of undesirables in a culture.
(c) It could limit the number of still births.
(d) It could reduce the number of unwanted pregnancies.

5. What does Schelling say about discrimination?
(a) It is a paradox.
(b) It is generally accepted.
(c) It is always offensive.
(d) It is not necessarily malicious.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Schelling say about Christmas cards?

2. How does Schelling describe the system of skiers going up a lift and coming down the trails?

3. What does Schelling say the farmer needs to know?

4. What does Schelling say would be the result of chromosomal selection that allowed parents to select for high-IQ children?

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

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