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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) Paranormal psychology.
(b) Psychology.
(c) History.
(d) Economics.

2. What does Schelling say people have a tendency to do?
(a) Be honest.
(b) Put themselves in good positions.
(c) Put others down.
(d) Hide from unpleasant facts.

3. How does Schelling describe a decision such as choosing a seat in a theater?
(a) As a decision that can be predicted by mathematical laws of possibility.
(b) As a special case that cannot be analyzed using any particular interpretive framework.
(c) As a commonplace act that manifests the unconscious childhood sexual trauma of the individual.
(d) As something common and seemingly thoughtless that is nonetheless informed by subliminal motives.

4. What does Schelling say the number of bikes stolen is almost identical to?
(a) The number of bikes that cannot be fixed each year.
(b) One third of the number of bikes bought new.
(c) The number of bikes not reported stolen.
(d) The number of bikes reported stolen.

5. What additional explanation does Schelling offer for seat selection?
(a) He says it might be evidence of a higher intelligence.
(b) He says it might be random.
(c) He says it might be a learned process.
(d) He says it might be influenced by the spirits.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Schelling say individual behaviors have in economic analysis?

2. What does Schelling say most people will say about their driving?

3. What does Schelling say is important in economics?

4. What does Schelling say the farmer needs to know?

5. What does Schelling call the phenomenon when two independent activities are dependent upon each other in that one is looked to as the other's source of growth?

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