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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5: Sorting and Mixing: Age and Income.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Schelling says that it is hard to draw the line between "individually motivated" segregation and what?
(a) Ethnic aversions.
(b) Religious aversions.
(c) Historical discrimination.
(d) Institutional or economic discrimination.

2. In Schelling's analysis, what behavior governs the people filling the theater?
(a) Chaos.
(b) Group aversion.
(c) Randomness.
(d) Bunching behavior.

3. What does Schelling say the number of bikes stolen is almost identical to?
(a) The number of bikes reported stolen.
(b) The number of bikes that cannot be fixed each year.
(c) The number of bikes not reported stolen.
(d) One third of the number of bikes bought new.

4. What does Schelling say about discrimination as a reason for segregation?
(a) Segregation is a healthy expression of discrimination.
(b) Some reasons transcend discrimination.
(c) Discrimination only produces segregation where there is a critical mass.
(d) Segregation is actually a conglomeration of other unconscious motives.

5. What does Schelling say is essential to economic analysis?
(a) Profit and loss.
(b) Narrative.
(c) Income and economic growth.
(d) Accounting statements.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Schelling say provides clear evidence of black versus white areas in American cities?

2. What name does Schelling give to the effect people have on each other's behavior?

3. What does Schelling say is the result if aggregate behavior results from a small number of variables?

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

5. What else does Schelling say social scientists consider in behavior modeling?

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