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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 observation.
(b) By detailed research.
(c) By polling.
(d) By statistical analysis.

2. What example does Schelling use to explain the closed system with a density enhancement?
(a) Distribution for a nursing home.
(b) Distribution for a highway toll system.
(c) Distribution for a university.
(d) Distribution for local co-op market.

3. Why does Schelling say hockey players resist wearing helmets, when they already know they are safer?
(a) They resist the hockey leagues' authority.
(b) They didn't wear helmets when they learned to play as kids.
(c) Vanity.
(d) Helmets are cumbersome.

4. What does Schelling say might allow people to select detailed traits of their children?
(a) Radiation therapy.
(b) Chromosome mining.
(c) Genetic mapping.
(d) Hormone therapies.

5. What was the status of nuclear weapons under Truman's successor?
(a) They were heavily regulated.
(b) They were banned.
(c) They became conventional weapons.
(d) They were classified as weapons of mass destruction (WMD).

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the source of the final chapter in Micromotives and Macrobehavior?

2. What does Schelling say would be the result of his hypothetical case?

3. What does Schelling say about offspring?

4. What does Schelling say is the importance of segregation and integration models?

5. What does Schelling say are continuous variables?

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