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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Who was the successor to the President who dropped the bomb?
(a) Eisenhower.
(b) Truman.
(c) Roosevelt.
(d) Kennedy.

5. What is an example of a prediction which Schelling says closed system modeling cannot make?
(a) People who don't like dogs don't necessarily dislike dog owners.
(b) People who want to live near family will act on other preferences, like not living near shopping malls.
(c) People will not settle in one place, but they will keep searching for places that meet different needs.
(d) People who want to live with people of the same race generally like their neighbors.

Short Answer Questions

1. What vocabulary does Schelling use for "going along with the crowd"?

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

3. What does Schelling say about an equilibrium division of the population?

4. How can one gather information about the choice of the majority, in Schelling's example?

5. What does Schelling say is the goal of a binary choice model?

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