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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8: An Astonishing Sixty Years: The Legacy of Hiroshima.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Schelling say social scientists consider in behavior modeling?
(a) Political environment.
(b) Individual incentives.
(c) The collective unconscious.
(d) Fear of punishment.

3. What does Schelling say social scientists will replace the aspects of a system with in order to understand the system?
(a) Mathematical symbols.
(b) Colors.
(c) Pet names.
(d) Numbers.

4. What does Schelling say is essential to economic analysis?
(a) Income and economic growth.
(b) Narrative.
(c) Profit and loss.
(d) Accounting statements.

5. What does Schelling say has to be closely attended to, in economic analysis?
(a) Economists' desire for certain outcomes.
(b) Definition of terms.
(c) The invisible hand of the market.
(d) Rhetoric of equality.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Schelling say is the goal of a binary choice model?

3. What does Schelling say is an atomic pile is an example of?

4. How do people affect each other's decisions where to sit in theater?

5. How does Schelling explain blacks and whites being excluded from each other's churches?

(see the answer key)

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