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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7: Hockey Helmets, Daylight Saving, and Other Binary Choices.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Schelling say is the best use of sorting and mixing models?
(a) Residence or membership.
(b) Population and food supply.
(c) Free markets.
(d) Marriage and evolution.

2. What does Schelling say the presence of a small group of black students in a college student body does for any economic propositions about the behavior of that student body?
(a) Introduces non-economic competition.
(b) Introduces randomness.
(c) Introduces uncertainty.
(d) Introduces tension and inequality.

3. What example from nature does Schelling contrapose to human decisions?
(a) Gravity.
(b) Evolution.
(c) Instinct.
(d) Photosynthesis.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why can the Golden Gate Bridge charge a double toll for traffic in one direction without fear of being unfair?

2. What does Schelling say about a bike owner buying a bike for $90 and selling it for $150?

3. How is genetic modification different from eugenics?

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

5. What does the heating-system-like aspect of human behavior seek, in Schelling's analysis?

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