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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 say about the underlying motivation for segregation?
(a) ItIt is inevitable.
(b) It is based in race or ethnic hatred.
(c) It can be fairly ordinary.
(d) It is necessary.

2. What fear does Schelling say informs the behavior that is ingrained in people's decisions where to sit in a theater?
(a) The fear of being involved.
(b) The fear of being called on stage.
(c) The fear of a pop quiz in class.
(d) The fear of violent teachers.

3. What else does Schelling say social scientists consider in behavior modeling?
(a) Ethnic conflicts.
(b) Collective results.
(c) Religious history.
(d) Philosophical preferences.

4. What does Schelling say has to be closely attended to, in economic analysis?
(a) Economists' desire for certain outcomes.
(b) Rhetoric of equality.
(c) Definition of terms.
(d) The invisible hand of the market.

5. What does Schelling say the defines independent variable in a behavioral system?
(a) The sum of the dependent variables.
(b) The sum of the independent variables in linked systems.
(c) The imp of the perverse.
(d) The sum of the dependent variables in parallel systems.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Schelling say is an atomic pile is an example of?

3. What does Schelling use his lecture to an audience of 800 people to illustrate?

4. What additional explanation does Schelling offer for seat selection?

5. What example does Schelling use as an example of discrimination?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Schelling say human systems differ from natural systems?

2. What is the open model, in Schelling's analysis?

3. What is a closed model, in Schelling's analysis?

4. What experience got Schelling thinking about distribution?

5. How does Schelling describe the role of the social scientist?

6. Under what circumstances does Schelling say that chromosomal selection could be beneficial?

7. How do economic systems resemble ant colonies, in Schelling's analysis?

8. What is the key factor in the critical-mass model?

9. What is the critical-mass model?

10. What is the lemons model?

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