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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 tool does Schelling say social scientists use to describe behaviors such as human principles and household activities?
(a) Math.
(b) Graphic designs.
(c) Metaphors.
(d) Computer architecture.

2. What was the status of nuclear weapons under Kennedy and Johnson?
(a) They were classified as unconventional weaponry.
(b) They were classified as weapons of mass destruction (WMD).
(c) They were banned.
(d) They were heavily regulated.

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

4. What example does Schelling use to explain the closed system with a density enhancement?
(a) Distribution for a nursing home.
(b) Distribution for local co-op market.
(c) Distribution for a university.
(d) Distribution for a highway toll system.

5. What example does Schelling use as an example of discrimination?
(a) Boys and girls.
(b) Fish and fowl.
(c) Individual and mass.
(d) American and European.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Schelling say happens when the youngest ten percent of a population moves?

2. What vocabulary does Schelling use for "going along with the crowd"?

3. What does Schelling ultimately say about a decision such as where to sit in a theater?

4. What does Schelling say the government might do to correct the imbalance of male and female babies?

5. What does Schelling say the processes of separation, segregation, sharing, and mixing have in common?

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