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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4: Sorting and Mixing: Race and Sex.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Schelling say a proposition has to have in order to be true?
(a) It has to be mathematically grounded.
(b) It has to be able to be translated into an equation.
(c) It has to be inclusive and correct.
(d) It has to be fair and balanced.

2. What does Schelling say distinguishes the sociologist from other scientists?
(a) He uses non-mathematical data.
(b) He publishes in different journals.
(c) He is involved in the life he is studying.
(d) He studies himself as well as his subject.

3. 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.

4. What does Schelling say about balance in individual cases?
(a) It does not exist.
(b) It defines the nature of human beings.
(c) It is evidence of the collective unconscious.
(d) It is a transcendent law.

5. What does Schelling say most people will say about their driving?
(a) They are unique.
(b) They are average.
(c) They are charismatic.
(d) They are better than average.

Short Answer Questions

1. What case does Schelling use to illustrate the difficulty of making an economic proposition?

2. What does Schelling say individual behaviors have in economic analysis?

3. What does Schelling say about the frequency of pairs?

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

5. To what does Schelling compare a sociologist?

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