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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Schelling say the U.S. did not have to use nuclear weapons in Kuwait?
(a) They were bound by treaty not to.
(b) They had promised the United Nations not to.
(c) They did not find weapons of mass destruction there.
(d) They overwhelmed the Iraqis so easily.

2. What does Schelling say parents are most concerned with in the case of vaccination?
(a) Who else is vaccinating their children.
(b) How often the vaccination services are available.
(c) The consequences of not being vaccinated.
(d) The benefits of the vaccine.

3. What is the source of the final chapter in Micromotives and Macrobehavior?
(a) Schelling's Nobel lecture.
(b) Schelling's Pulitzer lecture.
(c) Schelling's class lecture notes.
(d) Schelling's dissertation.

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

5. What example does Schelling use to explain the closed system with a density enhancement?
(a) Distribution for local co-op market.
(b) Distribution for a nursing home.
(c) Distribution for a highway toll system.
(d) Distribution for a university.

Short Answer Questions

1. What hope does Schelling express for the future of nuclear arms?

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

3. What does Schelling say would be the downside to chromosomal modification?

4. How hockey players feel when the league makes helmets mandatory, in Schelling's analysis?

5. What does Schelling say would be at risk in a culture where parents preferred male children?

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