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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. In Schelling's analysis, what behavior governs the people filling the theater?
(a) Bunching behavior.
(b) Randomness.
(c) Group aversion.
(d) Chaos.

2. What does Schelling say is the goal of a binary choice model?
(a) To limit the possibilities.
(b) To reach equilibrium.
(c) To expand the possibilities.
(d) To accurately characterize the influential factors.

3. What does Schelling say about discrimination as a reason for segregation?
(a) Discrimination only produces segregation where there is a critical mass.
(b) Some reasons transcend discrimination.
(c) Segregation is a healthy expression of discrimination.
(d) Segregation is actually a conglomeration of other unconscious motives.

4. What does Schelling say you must know in order to understand what segregation might result from choice?
(a) The local political environment.
(b) The personalities of each group's leaders.
(c) The influence of the media.
(d) Incentives behind the behavior.

5. What does Schelling say the "open model" represent?
(a) An even age distribution.
(b) A history of America.
(c) A model for mobility.
(d) A population model for gated communities.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Schelling say was seeking equilibrium as America's space industry interacted with the Russians'?

2. What does Schelling say about a bike owner buying a bike for $90 and selling it for $150?

3. What continuous variable does Schelling say parents could select for?

4. What does Schelling call the myriad of potential results?

5. Why does Schelling say hockey players resist wearing helmets, when they already know they are safer?

(see the answer key)

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