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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Schelling ultimately say about a decision such as where to sit in a theater?
(a) It is not predictable but it nonetheless follows a pattern.
(b) It is neither superficial nor thoughtless.
(c) It is neither meaningful nor memorable.
(d) It is a common decision that people make the same way depending on where they are in the crowd.

2. Which example does Schelling say complicates the prospect of arriving at a definitive proposition?
(a) A business with a number of different product lines.
(b) A college with an unequal distribution of male and female students.
(c) A commodity whose price is volatile.
(d) A population spread out over a wide geographical area.

3. What social science does Schelling say sociology resembles?
(a) History.
(b) Economics.
(c) Psychology.
(d) Paranormal psychology.

4. What does Schelling say about balance in individual cases?
(a) It defines the nature of human beings.
(b) It is a transcendent law.
(c) It does not exist.
(d) It is evidence of the collective unconscious.

5. How does Schelling describe discrimination?
(a) As a two-fold distinction.
(b) As the opposite of the free market.
(c) As an absolute preference.
(d) As a court of opinion and rumor.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Schelling say social behavior can be considered a critical mass?

2. Why does Schelling say people tend to sit in the back of a theater?

3. What does Schelling say about segregation?

4. What does Schelling say distinguishes the sociologist from other scientists?

5. What does Schelling call the phenomenon when two independent activities are dependent upon each other in that one is looked to as the other's source of growth?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what way does a thermostat mirror the behaviors of many systems, in Schelling's analysis?

2. What does Schelling say a closed model can be used for with regard to prospective college students?

3. Which U.S. presidents' decisions about nuclear weapons does Schelling describe?

4. What does Schelling say is the best use for the models he is describing?

5. What example does Schelling use to illustrate an externality?

6. How does Schelling define equilibrium?

7. How is nuclear arms control a self-fulfilling prophecy, in Schelling's analysis/

8. What does Schelling say is the trigger for the decisions that lead to segregation?

9. What hope does Schelling have for the future of nuclear weapons?

10. What natural preference does Schelling say leads to segregation of populations in American cities?

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