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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 hockey players resist wearing helmets, when they already know they are safer?
(a) They didn't wear helmets when they learned to play as kids.
(b) Vanity.
(c) Helmets are cumbersome.
(d) They resist the hockey leagues' authority.

2. What does Schelling ultimately say about choosing the sex of one's baby?
(a) It can give countries competitive advantages.
(b) It is better left to nature.
(c) It can rationalize human society.
(d) It can be an economic growth opportunity.

3. What model of human behavior does Schelling say arms control follows?
(a) The herding instinct.
(b) Binary choice model.
(c) Critical-mass model.
(d) Commons model.

4. What process does Schelling imagine parents choosing to undergo, in his hypothetical example?
(a) Community planning.
(b) Chromosome selection.
(c) Immunization.
(d) Clairvoyance.

5. What does Schelling say are continuous variables?
(a) Sex, race and religion.
(b) Age, income and IQ.
(c) History, ethnicity and tradition.
(d) Associations, memberships, and career.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Schelling's tone in his final chapter?

2. What does Schelling say about binary choices?

3. What can a closed system with a density enhancement include, in Schelling's analysis?

4. What does Schelling say economic models of human behavior consider?

5. Who was the American president who ordered the bomb to be dropped?

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