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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Under what condition, does Schelling say, would a black person feel more comfortable reading ads in a church bulletin?

2. How does Schelling describe a decision such as choosing a seat in a theater?

3. What example does Schelling use to show discrimination in an atypical light?

4. What does Schelling say about segregation?

5. What does Schelling say about the underlying motivation for segregation?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do economic systems resemble ant colonies, in Schelling's analysis?

2. What behavior does discrimination allow Schelling to model?

3. What does Schelling say is the best use for the models he is describing?

4. What does Schelling say segregation and separation, sharing and mixing have in common?

5. What does Schelling say is the consequence of inadequate analysis of participants in an economic system?

6. How does Schelling describe segregation?

7. What distinction does Schelling draw between decisions other people have made?

8. How does Schelling describe the role of the social scientist?

9. What is an unconditional preference?

10. What natural preference does Schelling say leads to segregation of populations in American cities?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose an event out of a newspaper or magazine, describe the primary model at work in it, and describe the underlying assumptions as well as the externalities and extra factors that are evident in the event.

Essay Topic 2

Can you speak accurately about the character of a people based on any particular model? Or can you only speak accurately about individuals whose motives you know and whose behavior you have discussed with them? Put another way, what are the limits of the kind of knowledge Schelling practices in Micromotives and Macrobehavior?

Essay Topic 3

Tolerance is a desirable quality to identify in an economic model of behavior, but how would you define the value of tolerance in Schelling's models of integration? What would you know it by? What factors would indicate a 'tolerant' neighborhood or society?

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