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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. Who was the American president who ordered the bomb to be dropped?
(a) Kennedy.
(b) Truman.
(c) Eisenhower.
(d) Roosevelt.

2. What does Schelling say happens when the youngest ten percent of a population moves?
(a) There is a new "youngest" ten percent.
(b) The old people are next to
(c) The average age of the group decreases.
(d) The population is now considered more distributed.

3. How is genetic modification different from eugenics?
(a) Genetic modification theories have already led to ethnic cleansing.
(b) Eugenics allows for selection of more minute traits.
(c) They are effectively the same.
(d) Genetic modification is more subtle.

4. What do the laws visible in the human behavior Schelling describes lead you to expect in other cyclic processes?
(a) Unexpected results.
(b) Latent resistances.
(c) Hidden variables.
(d) Lag time.

5. What hope does Schelling express for the future of nuclear arms?
(a) That the U.S. will suspend its reliance on nuclear deterrence.
(b) That the U.S. will share nuclear technology among its allies.
(c) That the U.S. will attack North Korea or Brazil with nuclear weapons.
(d) That the U.S. will re-establish its nuclear dominance by testing nuclear weapons.

Short Answer Questions

1. What example from nature does Schelling contrapose to human decisions?

2. How does Schelling describe discrimination?

3. What does Schelling say about segregation?

4. Why can the Golden Gate Bridge charge a double toll for traffic in one direction without fear of being unfair?

5. What does Schelling say would be the consequence of a culture preferring male children?

(see the answer key)

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