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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8: An Astonishing Sixty Years: The Legacy of Hiroshima.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Schelling say the measles story is an example of?
(a) A paradoxical process.
(b) A public-health process.
(c) A counter-intuitive process.
(d) A critical-mass process.

2. What was the status of nuclear weapons under Truman's successor?
(a) They were heavily regulated.
(b) They became conventional weapons.
(c) They were banned.
(d) They were classified as weapons of mass destruction (WMD).

3. What does Schelling say the segregation/integration model identify in addition to population concerns?
(a) Market trends.
(b) Crime.
(c) Activity.
(d) Biases.

4. What does Schelling say economic models of human behavior consider?
(a) History.
(b) Variables.
(c) Practical truths.
(d) Values.

5. How does Schelling describe the Golden Gate Bridge?
(a) As a static equilibrium.
(b) As a closed system.
(c) As an open system.
(d) As a semi-closed system.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Schelling say governs each decision?

2. How does Schelling say chromosomal modification might be useful?

3. What does Schelling say is an atomic pile is an example of?

4. How does Schelling describe the system of skiers going up a lift and coming down the trails?

5. What has to happen before hockey players will accept the requirement to wear helmets, in Schelling's analysis?

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