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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Schelling say about binary choices?
(a) Everyone faces them at some point.
(b) They are like life or death decisions.
(c) Sometimes they are paradoxes.
(d) They are the building blocks of economic modeling.

2. What hope does Schelling express for the future of nuclear arms?
(a) That the U.S. will suspend its reliance on nuclear deterrence.
(b) That the U.S. will attack North Korea or Brazil with nuclear weapons.
(c) That the U.S. will share nuclear technology among its allies.
(d) That the U.S. will re-establish its nuclear dominance by testing nuclear weapons.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Schelling say are discrete variables?

2. What does Schelling say is the importance of segregation and integration models?

3. How many possibilities does Schelling say social scientists have to account for when charting binary choice?

4. How many distinct sperm does Schelling say a man can produce?

5. What aspect of the history of nuclear weapons does Schelling describe?

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