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

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

3. What does Schelling say about economic systems that allow unequal distribution of wealth?
(a) That, based on human nature, they are inevitable.
(b) That they compel amazement, but not admiration.
(c) That they are pernicious.
(d) That they are admirable.

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

5. What does Schelling say the farmer needs to know?
(a) Who will buy his milk.
(b) Who will take his milk to market.
(c) How much it will cost the driver to take his milk to market.
(d) How much milk his cows are giving.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Schelling say people tend to sit in the back of a theater?

2. What consequence does Schelling say might affect people sitting closer to the stage?

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

4. What does Schelling say a proposition has to have in order to be true?

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

(see the answer key)

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