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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Schelling say about mathematical identities?
(a) They are unreliable.
(b) They are constraining.
(c) They are continuous.
(d) They are discrete.

2. Who was the American president who ordered the bomb to be dropped?
(a) Truman.
(b) Eisenhower.
(c) Kennedy.
(d) Roosevelt.

3. What does Schelling say would be the downside to chromosomal modification?
(a) The concept of human-ness might be diminished.
(b) People could argue that traits result more from nurture.
(c) Unforeseen medical problems might emerge.
(d) Parents would feel pressure to compete by giving their children the modification.

4. What second example does Schelling use to demonstrate a closed system with a density enhancement?
(a) Family origins of college students.
(b) College graduates distribution.
(c) Prospective college students.
(d) Likely careers for college students.

5. What is an externality?
(a) When another person's actions affect your decision.
(b) A consequence unrelated to the choice, but one that proceeds from it and has to be considered.
(c) A factor that the social scientist has to include to balance the appearance of bias in his model.
(d) When additional factors change the terms of the binary choice.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Schelling celebrate in the beginning of the final chapter of Micromotives and Macrobehavior?

2. How is genetic modification different from eugenics?

3. What does Schelling say about the "closed model"?

4. What does Schelling say might be a demographic consequence of parents choosing their children's traits?

5. What discrete variable does Schelling say parents could select for?

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