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

2. What is Schelling's tone in his discussion of nuclear weapons?
(a) Blasé.
(b) Terrified.
(c) Outraged.
(d) Awe-inspiring.

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

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

5. How hockey players feel when the league makes helmets mandatory, in Schelling's analysis?
(a) Rebellious.
(b) Resentful.
(c) Glad.
(d) Relieved.

6. 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' social class.
(b) The number is limited by the parents' genes.
(c) The number is vast.
(d) The number is limited by the parents' environment.

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

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

9. What does Schelling say might allow people to select detailed traits of their children?
(a) Radiation therapy.
(b) Chromosome mining.
(c) Hormone therapies.
(d) Genetic mapping.

10. How does Schelling arrive at the number of genetic possibilities in two people's offspring?
(a) By dividing the number of possible eggs and the number of possible sperm.
(b) By multiplying the number of possible eggs and the number of possible sperm.
(c) By adding the number of possible eggs and the number of possible sperm.
(d) By running the eggs and sperm through polymerase chain reactions.

11. What additional factors does Schelling say contribute to population preferences?
(a) Geographical factors.
(b) Individual quirks.
(c) Family pressures.
(d) Maturity levels of individuals.

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

13. What does Schelling say about the results of segregation and integration models?
(a) They are occasionally statistically useful.
(b) They are interesting.
(c) They can be deceptive.
(d) They have gravitas.

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

15. 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 move to the places where their only children would have the best resources.
(c) Parents could move to a place where their children had a better chance of survival.
(d) Parents could choose to abort children if they knew they had deformities.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Schelling say the British argued with the American when he was deciding whether to use the bomb?

3. What does Schelling ultimately say about choosing the sex of one's baby?

4. How many distinct sperm does Schelling say a man can produce?

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

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