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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 constrains the social scientist's model for race segregation?
(a) Historical analysis.
(b) Qualitative analysis.
(c) Quantitative analysis.
(d) Political analysis.

2. What additional factors does Schelling say contribute to population preferences?
(a) Individual quirks.
(b) Family pressures.
(c) Maturity levels of individuals.
(d) Geographical factors.

3. How hockey players feel when the league makes helmets mandatory, in Schelling's analysis?
(a) Glad.
(b) Rebellious.
(c) Relieved.
(d) Resentful.

4. What does Schelling say will be necessary to satisfy people with a closed model?
(a) An arbitray limit on the time period.
(b) A correction for young people.
(c) An additional regression model.
(d) An imposed division.

5. What does Schelling say the number of bikes stolen is almost identical to?
(a) One third of the number of bikes bought new.
(b) The number of bikes that cannot be fixed each year.
(c) The number of bikes reported stolen.
(d) The number of bikes not reported stolen.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Schelling say governs each decision?

2. What does Schelling say provides clear evidence of black versus white areas in American cities?

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

4. How does Schelling describe a decision such as choosing a seat in a theater?

5. What does Schelling compare to the process of tracking the circulation of money in an economy?

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