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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 happens when the youngest ten percent of a population moves?
(a) There is a new "youngest" ten percent.
(b) The old people are next to
(c) The average age of the group decreases.
(d) The population is now considered more distributed.

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

3. What is an externality?
(a) When additional factors change the terms of the binary choice.
(b) A factor that the social scientist has to include to balance the appearance of bias in his model.
(c) A consequence unrelated to the choice, but one that proceeds from it and has to be considered.
(d) When another person's actions affect your decision.

4. What does Schelling say the simplest model of a closed system with a density enhancement contains?
(a) Population numbers and individual preferences.
(b) Population numbers and historical date.
(c) Micropopulation numbers and statistical projections.
(d) Future forecasting predictions.

5. What aspect of the history of nuclear weapons does Schelling describe?
(a) Changing attitudes toward them.
(b) Their increasing power.
(c) Treaties regulating them.
(d) Evolving detonation technology.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Schelling say the "open model" represent?

3. What does Schelling say about mathematical identities?

4. What is Schelling's tone in his discussion of nuclear weapons?

5. What was the status of nuclear weapons under Kennedy and Johnson?

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