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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is Schelling's tone in his discussion of nuclear weapons?
(a) Awe-inspiring.
(b) Terrified.
(c) Blasé.
(d) Outraged.

3. What has to happen before hockey players will accept the requirement to wear helmets, in Schelling's analysis?
(a) Fans need to want a safer game.
(b) Flattering helmets need to be designed.
(c) A famous player has to be injured.
(d) Helmets need to be tested and proved.

4. What factor does Schelling use as an example of what motivates adults in their distribution decisions?
(a) Living with people of the same race.
(b) Living near family.
(c) Living near people who also have small children.
(d) Living near people of the same age.

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 emigration.
(c) It will not produce optimal results.
(d) It will give us a working model of social mobility

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who was the successor to the President who dropped the bomb?

4. How is genetic modification different from eugenics?

5. What is an example of a prediction which Schelling says closed system modeling cannot make?

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