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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 the defines independent variable in a behavioral system?
(a) The sum of the independent variables in linked systems.
(b) The imp of the perverse.
(c) The sum of the dependent variables in parallel systems.
(d) The sum of the dependent variables.

2. What does Schelling say would be the result of his hypothetical case?
(a) He says that the outcome would depend on the sample size.
(b) He says that there would likely be smaller communities in some cultures. He says that there would likely be larger communities in some cultures.
(c) He says that it would be impossible to know what would happen.
(d) He says that there would likely be larger communities in some cultures.

3. What does Schelling say has to be closely attended to, in economic analysis?
(a) The invisible hand of the market.
(b) Definition of terms.
(c) Rhetoric of equality.
(d) Economists' desire for certain outcomes.

4. What example from human psychology does Schelling contrapose to conscious choice?
(a) Hunger.
(b) Dread and awe.
(c) Instinct.
(d) Parasympathetic behavior.

5. What does Schelling say about mathematical identities?
(a) They are continuous.
(b) They are unreliable.
(c) They are discrete.
(d) They are constraining.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the second thing Schelling says a social behavior model can be?

2. What does Schelling say is important in economics?

3. What does Schelling say is the goal of a binary choice model?

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

5. What additional factors does Schelling say contribute to population preferences?

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