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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 is the term for a situation where two people hurt themselves and each other by making self-interested decisions?
(a) The tipping-point/critical-mass model.
(b) The Spanish prisoner.
(c) The lemon model.
(d) Prisoner's dilemma.

2. What does Schelling say most people will say about their driving?
(a) They are average.
(b) They are unique.
(c) They are charismatic.
(d) They are better than average.

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

4. How can one gather information about the choice of the majority, in Schelling's example?
(a) By polling.
(b) By statistical analysis.
(c) By detailed research.
(d) By observation.

5. What does Schelling say would be at risk in a culture where parents preferred male children?
(a) Monogamous marriage.
(b) Religion.
(c) Cultural traditions.
(d) Safety.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which example does Schelling say complicates the prospect of arriving at a definitive proposition?

3. What does Schelling say genetic modification would interfere with?

4. What assumption does Schelling make about people's feelings about nuclear weapons?

5. Where do social scientists chart binary choices?

(see the answer key)

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