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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. How many calls does the individual receive, in the aggregate, in Schelling's analysis?
(a) As many as others make.
(b) As many as he makes.
(c) It depends on how many people he knows.
(d) It depends on his personality.
2. What does Schelling say is the importance of segregation and integration models?
(a) They help us build conceptual models of more complex behavior like dating and marriage.
(b) They are useful in certain mathematical applications.
(c) They provide the tools for influencing population distribution
(d) They identify an important phenomenon.
3. What does Schelling say governs each decision?
(a) Dread and awe.
(b) Longing and fear.
(c) The collective unconscious.
(d) Preferences and goals.
4. Why can the Golden Gate Bridge charge a double toll for traffic in one direction without fear of being unfair?
(a) Because tolls are designed to repair social inequality.
(b) Because even one-way drivers will return one day.
(c) Because the traffic reverses direction at the end of every day.
(d) Because people coming south have more money than people in the city.
5. What additional reason does Schelling give for the desire to sit in the back of a theater?
(a) People want to be prepared to flee.
(b) People want to watch people arrive.
(c) People want to be far from the stage.
(d) People want to feel safe in the dark.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Schelling say people have a tendency to do?
2. What does Schelling say will be necessary to satisfy people with a closed model?
3. What tool does Schelling say social scientists use to describe behaviors such as human principles and household activities?
4. How many distinct sperm does Schelling say a man can produce?
5. What factor does Schelling use as an example of what motivates adults in their distribution decisions?
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