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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 at risk in a culture where parents preferred male children?
(a) Religion.
(b) Cultural traditions.
(c) Monogamous marriage.
(d) Safety.

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

3. What does Schelling say is the best use of sorting and mixing models?
(a) Free markets.
(b) Residence or membership.
(c) Population and food supply.
(d) Marriage and evolution.

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

5. What is Schelling's tone in his final chapter?
(a) Pessimistic.
(b) Analytical.
(c) Hopeful.
(d) Critical.

6. What does Schelling say economic models of human behavior consider?
(a) Practical truths.
(b) Variables.
(c) History.
(d) Values.

7. How does Schelling account for people's decision to join the majority or follow their own path?
(a) He says that people will follow certain individuals, not "the mass."
(b) He says that to join the majority is hard-wired into people.
(c) He says that it depends on the reasonableness of the behavior.
(d) Whether to join the majority is not always the most important factor.

8. 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 limited by the parents' environment.
(d) The number is vast.

9. Why does Schelling say the U.S. did not have to use nuclear weapons in Kuwait?
(a) They had promised the United Nations not to.
(b) They overwhelmed the Iraqis so easily.
(c) They were bound by treaty not to.
(d) They did not find weapons of mass destruction there.

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

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

12. What discrete variable does Schelling say parents could select for?
(a) Longevity.
(b) Left versus right-handedness.
(c) Size.
(d) Bone density.

13. How does Schelling predict nations will behave with regard to nuclear arms control?
(a) If arms are limited, other weapons will experience arms races.
(b) If one decides to limit arms, the price of arms will go up.
(c) If one leads the others will follow.
(d) If there are terrorists anywhere in the world, nations will still maintain nuclear arsenals.

14. What model of human behavior does Schelling say arms control follows?
(a) Binary choice model.
(b) The herding instinct.
(c) Commons model.
(d) Critical-mass model.

15. What second example does Schelling use to demonstrate a closed system with a density enhancement?
(a) Prospective college students.
(b) Family origins of college students.
(c) Likely careers for college students.
(d) College graduates distribution.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a binary choice?

2. How does Schelling say chromosomal modification might be useful?

3. How does Schelling arrive at the number of genetic possibilities in two people's offspring?

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

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

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