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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do hockey players fear in regard to the issue of wearing helmets, in Schelling's analysis?
(a) Fear of ridicule.
(b) Fear of inhibiting performance.
(c) Fear of serious injury.
(d) Fear of seeming submissive to the league.

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

3. What does Schelling say might be a demographic consequence of parents choosing their children's traits?
(a) Median longevity might increase.
(b) Median size might increase.
(c) Median IQ might increase.
(d) Left-handedness might disappear.

4. What was the status of nuclear weapons under Truman's successor?
(a) They were classified as weapons of mass destruction (WMD).
(b) They became conventional weapons.
(c) They were banned.
(d) They were heavily regulated.

5. What is an example of a prediction which Schelling says closed system modeling cannot make?
(a) People who want to live with people of the same race generally like their neighbors.
(b) People who want to live near family will act on other preferences, like not living near shopping malls.
(c) People who don't like dogs don't necessarily dislike dog owners.
(d) People will not settle in one place, but they will keep searching for places that meet different needs.

6. What does Schelling say would be the downside to chromosomal modification?
(a) The concept of human-ness might be diminished.
(b) People could argue that traits result more from nurture.
(c) Parents would feel pressure to compete by giving their children the modification.
(d) Unforeseen medical problems might emerge.

7. What continuous variable does Schelling say parents could select for?
(a) Eye color.
(b) Left versus right-handedness.
(c) Longevity.
(d) Eyesight.

8. What does the success of a binary choice model depend on, in Schelling's analysis?
(a) The range of factors it excludes.
(b) The inclusiveness of the model's input.
(c) The breadth of the underlying propositions.
(d) The reliability of the input.

9. What does Schelling say would be the consequence of a culture preferring male children?
(a) Influx of immigrants.
(b) Shortage of workers.
(c) Shortage of soldiers.
(d) Shortage of wives.

10. What hope does Schelling express for the future of nuclear arms?
(a) That the U.S. will share nuclear technology among its allies.
(b) That the U.S. will re-establish its nuclear dominance by testing nuclear weapons.
(c) That the U.S. will suspend its reliance on nuclear deterrence.
(d) That the U.S. will attack North Korea or Brazil with nuclear weapons.

11. What assumption does Schelling make about people's feelings about nuclear weapons?
(a) People are tormented about loving and loathing them.
(b) People universally abhor them.
(c) People universally see them as humanity's salvation.
(d) People universally need them as deterrents.

12. What does Schelling say would a density enhancement add to a closed model? Improved distribution modeling. Room for more factors to be included. Relief from certain mathematical constraints.
(a) Room for more factors to be included.
(b) Improved distribution modeling.
(c) Predictive accuracy.
(d) Relief from certain mathematical constraints.

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

14. What does Schelling ultimately say about choosing the sex of one's baby?
(a) It can be an economic growth opportunity.
(b) It can rationalize human society.
(c) It is better left to nature.
(d) It can give countries competitive advantages.

15. What does Schelling celebrate in the beginning of the final chapter of Micromotives and Macrobehavior?
(a) That nuclear weapons have been curtailed through treaties.
(b) That nuclear testing has not continued.
(c) That there have not been nuclear attacks since WWII.
(d) That the USSR dissolved.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Schelling say about the number of genetic variations that can take place when a man and a woman have a baby?

2. What does Schelling say would be the result of his hypothetical case?

3. How does Schelling say family size would be affected by his hypothetical case?

4. What discrete variable does Schelling say parents could select for?

5. What does Schelling say might disappear if parents had the ability to choose their children's traits?

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