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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 does Schelling say the Russian's space program affected America's space program?
(a) The Americans answered the Russians feat for feat.
(b) There was a short lag before America's investment caught up with and surpassed the Russians'.
(c) The Russians were determined to win superiority, but victory cost more than they could afford.
(d) The Americans were determined not to be outdone from the beginning.

2. What does Schelling say a doctor administering measles vaccines found, that illustrates the human behavior Schelling is describing?
(a) Once they saw that the vaccine worked, mothers couldn't get enough of it for their children.
(b) Nothing could convince a certain percentage of the population to get vaccinated.
(c) Arranging to have children vaccinated meant negotiating with the oldest people in the villages.
(d) When measles began to disappear, mothers would stop having their babies vaccinated, and the disease would come back.

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 being involved.
(b) The fear of being called on stage.
(c) The fear of violent teachers.
(d) The fear of a pop quiz in class.

4. In Schelling's analysis, what behavior governs the people filling the theater?
(a) Group aversion.
(b) Bunching behavior.
(c) Randomness.
(d) Chaos.

5. What does Schelling call the myriad of potential results?
(a) Chaos.
(b) Exhaustive subdivision.
(c) Irrational exuberance.
(d) Randomness.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Schelling describe a decision such as choosing a seat in a theater?

2. What tool does Schelling say social scientists use to describe behaviors such as human principles and household activities?

3. What does Schelling say was seeking equilibrium as America's space industry interacted with the Russians'?

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

5. How does Schelling say the success of society is evaluated?

(see the answer key)

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