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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 offspring?
(a) They will probably look like their maternal grandfathers.
(b) They will probably look like their fathers.
(c) They will probably look like their paternal grandmothers.
(d) They will probably look like their mothers.

2. In what war did Truman's successor have to decide whether to drop the bomb?
(a) The Greek Civil War.
(b) Vietnam.
(c) The Falklands conflict.
(d) The Korean War.

3. How does Schelling say chromosomal modification might be useful?
(a) It could reduce the number of undesirables in a culture.
(b) It could limit the number of still births.
(c) It could reduce the number of unwanted pregnancies.
(d) It could screen out pathologies.

4. What do hockey players fear in regard to the issue of wearing helmets, in Schelling's analysis?
(a) Fear of serious injury.
(b) Fear of seeming submissive to the league.
(c) Fear of inhibiting performance.
(d) Fear of ridicule.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Schelling say is the goal of a binary choice model?

2. Where do social scientists chart binary choices?

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

4. What does Schelling say might allow people to select detailed traits of their children?

5. Why does Schelling say the U.S. did not have to use nuclear weapons in Kuwait?

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