1. What case does Schelling use to illustrate the difficulty of making an economic proposition?
(a) Raising the drinking age.
(b) Ending the draft.
(c) Raising the draft age.
(d) Lowering the drinking age.

2. What does Schelling say has to be closely attended to, in economic analysis?
(a) The invisible hand of the market.
(b) Definition of terms.
(c) Economists' desire for certain outcomes.
(d) Rhetoric of equality.

3. What fear does Schelling say informs the behavior that is ingrained in people's decisions where to sit in a theater?
(a) The fear of a pop quiz in class.
(b) The fear of being called on stage.
(c) The fear of violent teachers.
(d) The fear of being involved.

4. Why can the Golden Gate Bridge charge a double toll for traffic in one direction without fear of being unfair?
(a) Because tolls are designed to repair social inequality.
(b) Because people coming south have more money than people in the city.
(c) Because the traffic reverses direction at the end of every day.
(d) Because even one-way drivers will return one day.

5. What does Schelling say about the frequency of pairs?
(a) Pairs are a human construct.
(b) Pairs are rare in nature but common in society.
(c) Many phenomena occur in pairs.
(d) Pairs are common if your criteria are simple.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. To what does Schelling compare a sociologist?

3. What does Schelling compare to the process of tracking the circulation of money in an economy?

4. How does Schelling describe the Golden Gate Bridge?

5. What does Schelling say people have a tendency to do?

(see the answer key)

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