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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How can one gather information about the choice of the majority, in Schelling's example?
(a) By polling.
(b) By observation.
(c) By detailed research.
(d) By statistical analysis.

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

3. What example does Schelling use to illustrate decisions of the majority that can be known?
(a) Whether people are vaccinated.
(b) What language people speak.
(c) How to dress for an office environment.
(d) Whether people are only children.

4. What does Schelling say the "open model" represent?
(a) A population model for gated communities.
(b) A model for mobility.
(c) A history of America.
(d) An even age distribution.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Schelling say are continuous variables?

2. What does Schelling say the government might do to correct the imbalance of male and female babies?

3. What does Schelling ultimately say about choosing the sex of one's baby?

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

5. What choice does Schelling say eugenics gave parents?

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