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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Schelling say might disappear if parents had the ability to choose their children's traits?
(a) Minority cultures.
(b) Undesirable traits.
(c) Languages.
(d) Inequalities.

3. What is an unconditional preference?
(a) A preference that has to be adopted by all members of a group.
(b) A preference that does not acknowledge other alternatives.
(c) A preference that does not change regardless of others' actions.
(d) A force of psychological nature.

4. What can a closed system with a density enhancement include, in Schelling's analysis?
(a) Ethnicity, mobility and community.
(b) Age, income and marital status.
(c) Morality and ethics.
(d) Heritage and culture.

5. What does Schelling say can be included in closed models?
(a) Age.
(b) Longevity predictions.
(c) Alternate preferences.
(d) Predictions.

6. How does Schelling say family size would be affected by his hypothetical case?
(a) Parents could stop having kids when they got the balance of boys and girls they wanted.
(b) Parents could choose to abort children if they knew they had deformities.
(c) Parents could move to a place where their children had a better chance of survival.
(d) Parents could move to the places where their only children would have the best resources.

7. Why does Schelling say hockey players resist wearing helmets, when they already know they are safer?
(a) Vanity.
(b) Helmets are cumbersome.
(c) They resist the hockey leagues' authority.
(d) They didn't wear helmets when they learned to play as kids.

8. What does Schelling say parents are most concerned with in the case of vaccination?
(a) Who else is vaccinating their children.
(b) How often the vaccination services are available.
(c) The benefits of the vaccine.
(d) The consequences of not being vaccinated.

9. What choice does Schelling say eugenics gave parents?
(a) Whether to emigrate.
(b) Whether to have a boy or a girl.
(c) Whether to keep a baby or not.
(d) Whether to have a left-handed or right-handed baby.

10. How many distinct sperm does Schelling say a man can produce?
(a) 4 million.
(b) 1 million.
(c) 8 million.
(d) 180,000.

11. What is an externality?
(a) When another person's actions affect your decision.
(b) A consequence unrelated to the choice, but one that proceeds from it and has to be considered.
(c) A factor that the social scientist has to include to balance the appearance of bias in his model.
(d) When additional factors change the terms of the binary choice.

12. What does Schelling say the government might do to correct the imbalance of male and female babies?
(a) Offer tax incentives.
(b) Punish parents with too many boys.
(c) Offer incentives for immigrants with female children.
(d) Teach female children to read and write.

13. What does Schelling say about the number of genetic variations that can take place when a man and a woman have a baby?
(a) The number is limited by the parents' genes.
(b) The number is limited by the parents' social class.
(c) The number is limited by the parents' environment.
(d) The number is vast.

14. What does Schelling say the simplest model of a closed system with a density enhancement contains?
(a) Micropopulation numbers and statistical projections.
(b) Future forecasting predictions.
(c) Population numbers and individual preferences.
(d) Population numbers and historical date.

15. Where do social scientists chart binary choices?
(a) In schematics.
(b) In articles.
(c) In statistical analyses.
(d) In spreadsheets.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Schelling say might be a demographic consequence of parents choosing their children's traits?

2. What does Schelling say is the importance of segregation and integration models?

3. What is another trait does Schelling say parents might be able to choose?

4. What does Schelling say genetic modification would interfere with?

5. What was the status of nuclear weapons under Truman's successor?

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