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

2. What does Schelling say is the goal of a binary choice model?
(a) To accurately characterize the influential factors.
(b) To limit the possibilities.
(c) To reach equilibrium.
(d) To expand the possibilities.

3. How is genetic modification different from eugenics?
(a) Eugenics allows for selection of more minute traits.
(b) Genetic modification theories have already led to ethnic cleansing.
(c) They are effectively the same.
(d) Genetic modification is more subtle.

4. What does Schelling say about the "closed model"?
(a) It considers age alone.
(b) It predicts who will leave.
(c) It describes the factors that pull people out of a community.
(d) It considers more than age.

5. How does Schelling say chromosomal modification might be useful?
(a) It could reduce the number of undesirables in a culture.
(b) It could screen out pathologies.
(c) It could reduce the number of unwanted pregnancies.
(d) It could limit the number of still births.

6. How does Schelling say family size would be affected by his hypothetical case?
(a) Parents could choose to abort children if they knew they had deformities.
(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 stop having kids when they got the balance of boys and girls they wanted.

7. What vocabulary does Schelling use for "going along with the crowd"?
(a) The democratic process.
(b) Joining the decision of the majority.
(c) Doing one's own thing.
(d) Joining a self-restraining coalition.

8. What has to happen before hockey players will accept the requirement to wear helmets, in Schelling's analysis?
(a) A famous player has to be injured.
(b) Fans need to want a safer game.
(c) Flattering helmets need to be designed.
(d) Helmets need to be tested and proved.

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

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

11. Under what condition would the population not be constrained by a mathematical identity after the youngest ten percent of a population moved away?
(a) The people would still have to live within a reasonable distance.
(b) The remaining people would have to fill in the work the youngest people had done.
(c) The young people would not be able to come back for visits.
(d) The remaining people would have to be the same age.

12. What is another trait does Schelling say parents might be able to choose?
(a) Historical knowledge.
(b) Weight.
(c) Skin color.
(d) IQ.

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

14. What aspect of the history of nuclear weapons does Schelling describe?
(a) Evolving detonation technology.
(b) Their increasing power.
(c) Changing attitudes toward them.
(d) Treaties regulating them.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Schelling say the segregation/integration model identify in addition to population concerns?

2. What is the source of the final chapter in Micromotives and Macrobehavior?

3. How can one gather information about the choice of the majority, in Schelling's example?

4. What does Schelling say are continuous variables?

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

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