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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 are discrete variables?
(a) Height, weight and eye color.
(b) History, ethnicity and tradition.
(c) Sex, race and religion.
(d) Education, certifications and career.

2. What does Schelling say about arms control?
(a) It is a unilateral vulnerability.
(b) It is a self-defeating process.
(c) Is it self-assured destruction.
(d) It is a self-fulfilling process.

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

4. How can one gather information about the choice of the majority, in Schelling's example?
(a) By detailed research.
(b) By statistical analysis.
(c) By observation.
(d) By polling.

5. In what war did Truman's successor have to decide whether to drop the bomb?
(a) Vietnam.
(b) The Falklands conflict.
(c) The Korean War.
(d) The Greek Civil War.

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

7. What is a binary choice?
(a) An either/or situation.
(b) A paradox.
(c) A lose-lose situation.
(d) A question of which thing of two things goes first.

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

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

10. What does Schelling say will be necessary to satisfy people with a closed model?
(a) A correction for young people.
(b) An imposed division.
(c) An arbitray limit on the time period.
(d) An additional regression model.

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

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

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

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) Population numbers and individual preferences.
(d) Future forecasting predictions.

15. What does Schelling say the segregation/integration model identify in addition to population concerns?
(a) Market trends.
(b) Crime.
(c) Biases.
(d) Activity.

Short Answer Questions

1. How hockey players feel when the league makes helmets mandatory, in Schelling's analysis?

2. Who was the successor to the President who dropped the bomb?

3. What does Schelling say might allow people to select detailed traits of their children?

4. What second example does Schelling use to demonstrate a closed system with a density enhancement?

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

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