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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 about a bike owner buying a bike for $90 and selling it for $150?
(a) He says that the owner gains a profit of $60.
(b) He says that the owner still has to pay overhead, so the exchange is equal.
(c) He says that the exchange replaces a real bicycle with abstract money.
(d) He says that the exchange is consistent with laws of capitalism.

2. What part of a heating system does Schelling use as a metaphor for human behavior?
(a) A pipe.
(b) A boiler.
(c) A thermostat.
(d) A heating fan.

3. How does Schelling describe daylight savings time?
(a) As a self-displacing prophecy.
(b) As a critical mass.
(c) As a self-enforcing convention.
(d) As a self-fulfilling prophecy.

4. How does Schelling describe the system of skiers going up a lift and coming down the trails?
(a) As a static system.
(b) As a transformative system.
(c) As a closed system.
(d) As an open system.

5. What additional explanation does Schelling offer for seat selection?
(a) He says it might be a learned process.
(b) He says it might be evidence of a higher intelligence.
(c) He says it might be random.
(d) He says it might be influenced by the spirits.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Schelling say people feel in a "bounded-neighborhood" model?

2. What does Schelling say constrains the social scientist's model for race segregation?

3. What does Schelling say has to be closely attended to, in economic analysis?

4. What does Schelling say was seeking equilibrium as America's space industry interacted with the Russians'?

5. What tool does Schelling say social scientists use to describe behaviors such as human principles and household activities?

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