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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the central issue in the case Schelling presents regarding hockey helmets?
(a) The authority of the league.
(b) The validity of safety statistics.
(c) The reasonableness of the decision.
(d) How many people make the choice.

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

3. 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) The Korean War.
(d) Vietnam.

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

5. Why does Schelling say hockey players resist wearing helmets, when they already know they are safer?
(a) They resist the hockey leagues' authority.
(b) They didn't wear helmets when they learned to play as kids.
(c) Helmets are cumbersome.
(d) Vanity.

6. What is an unconditional preference?
(a) A preference that does not change regardless of others' actions.
(b) A preference that does not acknowledge other alternatives.
(c) A preference that has to be adopted by all members of a group.
(d) A force of psychological nature.

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

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

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

10. How many possibilities does Schelling say social scientists have to account for when charting binary choice?
(a) Many, but not an infinite amount.
(b) Only two.
(c) Eight to sixteen.
(d) An infinite amount.

11. What can a closed system with a density enhancement include, in Schelling's analysis?
(a) Ethnicity, mobility and community.
(b) Age, income and marital status.
(c) Morality and ethics.
(d) Heritage and culture.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Schelling say about binary choices?

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

3. What does Schelling say the "open model" represent?

4. What does Schelling say might be a demographic consequence of parents choosing their children's traits?

5. What does Schelling say the British argued with the American when he was deciding whether to use the bomb?

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