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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2: The Inescapable Mathematics of Musical Chairs.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What social science does Schelling say sociology resembles?
(a) Psychology.
(b) Economics.
(c) Paranormal psychology.
(d) History.

2. Why does Schelling say people tend to sit in the back of a theater?
(a) Because they want to be able to leave.
(b) Because it is darker there.
(c) Because that's where the desirable people sit.
(d) Because they are afraid of the front.

3. 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 uncertainty.
(c) Introduces tension and inequality.
(d) Introduces randomness.

4. What does Schelling say is important in economics?
(a) Natural laws.
(b) Randomness.
(c) Individual behavior.
(d) Generalizations.

5. How does Schelling describe the system of skiers going up a lift and coming down the trails?
(a) As a transformative system.
(b) As a static system.
(c) As a closed system.
(d) As an open system.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Schelling say about balance in individual cases?

2. What does Schelling say about human desire?

3. What does Schelling say about Christmas cards?

4. What case does Schelling use to illustrate the difficulty of making an economic proposition?

5. What does Schelling say about the frequency of pairs?

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