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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 the results of segregation and integration models?
(a) They can be deceptive.
(b) They have gravitas.
(c) They are interesting.
(d) They are occasionally statistically useful.

2. What does Schelling say might be a demographic consequence of parents choosing their children's traits?
(a) Median size might increase.
(b) Median longevity might increase.
(c) Left-handedness might disappear.
(d) Median IQ might increase.

3. What does Schelling celebrate in the beginning of the final chapter of Micromotives and Macrobehavior?
(a) That nuclear testing has not continued.
(b) That nuclear weapons have been curtailed through treaties.
(c) That the USSR dissolved.
(d) That there have not been nuclear attacks since WWII.

4. What does Schelling say about an equilibrium division of the population?
(a) It will not produce optimal results.
(b) It will give us a working model of emigration.
(c) It will not give us a working model of emigration.
(d) It will give us a working model of social mobility

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What example does Schelling use to illustrate decisions of the majority that can be known?

2. How does Schelling predict nations will behave with regard to nuclear arms control?

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

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

5. What does Schelling say the segregation/integration model identify in addition to population concerns?

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