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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3: Thermostats, Lemons, and Other Families of Models.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many calls does the individual receive, in the aggregate, in Schelling's analysis?
(a) It depends on his personality.
(b) As many as he makes.
(c) As many as others make.
(d) It depends on how many people he knows.

2. 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 violent teachers.
(c) The fear of being called on stage.
(d) The fear of being involved.

3. What example from nature does Schelling contrapose to human decisions?
(a) Photosynthesis.
(b) Evolution.
(c) Gravity.
(d) Instinct.

4. What does Schelling say a proposition has to have in order to be true?
(a) It has to be fair and balanced.
(b) It has to be able to be translated into an equation.
(c) It has to be inclusive and correct.
(d) It has to be mathematically grounded.

5. What part of a heating system does Schelling use as a metaphor for human behavior?
(a) A pipe.
(b) A heating fan.
(c) A thermostat.
(d) A boiler.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Schelling say individuals react to?

2. What does Schelling use his lecture to an audience of 800 people to illustrate?

3. What do the laws visible in the human behavior Schelling describes lead you to expect in other cyclic processes?

4. What does Schelling ultimately say about a decision such as where to sit in a theater?

5. What does Schelling say about economic systems that allow unequal distribution of wealth?

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