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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the central issue in the case Schelling presents regarding hockey helmets?
(a) The authority of the league.
(b) The validity of safety statistics.
(c) How many people make the choice.
(d) The reasonableness of the decision.

2. What is the source of the final chapter in Micromotives and Macrobehavior?
(a) Schelling's dissertation.
(b) Schelling's Pulitzer lecture.
(c) Schelling's Nobel lecture.
(d) Schelling's class lecture notes.

3. What does Schelling say about the number of genetic variations that can take place when a man and a woman have a baby?
(a) The number is vast.
(b) The number is limited by the parents' environment.
(c) The number is limited by the parents' social class.
(d) The number is limited by the parents' genes.

4. What has to happen before hockey players will accept the requirement to wear helmets, in Schelling's analysis?
(a) A famous player has to be injured.
(b) Flattering helmets need to be designed.
(c) Helmets need to be tested and proved.
(d) Fans need to want a safer game.

5. What does Schelling say is the importance of segregation and integration models?
(a) They are useful in certain mathematical applications.
(b) They help us build conceptual models of more complex behavior like dating and marriage.
(c) They provide the tools for influencing population distribution
(d) They identify an important phenomenon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What continuous variable does Schelling say parents could select for?

2. What aspect of the history of nuclear weapons does Schelling describe?

3. What U.S. President decided not to use nuclear weapons in Kuwait?

4. What was the status of nuclear weapons under Kennedy and Johnson?

5. What does Schelling say would be the consequence of a culture preferring male children?

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