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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What was the status of nuclear weapons under Kennedy and Johnson?
(a) They were banned.
(b) They were classified as weapons of mass destruction (WMD).
(c) They were classified as unconventional weaponry.
(d) They were heavily regulated.

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

6. What does Schelling say happens when the youngest ten percent of a population moves?
(a) The population is now considered more distributed.
(b) There is a new "youngest" ten percent.
(c) The average age of the group decreases.
(d) The old people are next to

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

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

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

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

11. What does Schelling say might disappear if parents had the ability to choose their children's traits?
(a) Undesirable traits.
(b) Inequalities.
(c) Languages.
(d) Minority cultures.

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

13. What U.S. President decided not to use nuclear weapons in Kuwait?
(a) George H. W. Bush.
(b) Bill Clinton.
(c) Ronald Reagan.
(d) George W. Bush.

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

15. What process does Schelling imagine parents choosing to undergo, in his hypothetical example?
(a) Chromosome selection.
(b) Immunization.
(c) Community planning.
(d) Clairvoyance.

Short Answer Questions

1. What example does Schelling use to explain the closed system with a density enhancement?

2. What does Schelling say about binary choices?

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

4. What does Schelling say would be the consequence of a culture preferring male children?

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

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