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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 does Schelling say distinguishes the sociologist from other scientists?
(a) He uses non-mathematical data.
(b) He is involved in the life he is studying.
(c) He studies himself as well as his subject.
(d) He publishes in different journals.

2. What natural phenomenon does Schelling compare the economy to?
(a) Celestial bodies.
(b) An ocean ecosystem.
(c) An ant colony.
(d) A forest.

3. What does Schelling ultimately say about a decision such as where to sit in a theater?
(a) It is neither meaningful nor memorable.
(b) It is neither superficial nor thoughtless.
(c) It is a common decision that people make the same way depending on where they are in the crowd.
(d) It is not predictable but it nonetheless follows a pattern.

4. What case does Schelling use to illustrate the difficulty of making an economic proposition?
(a) Raising the draft age.
(b) Lowering the drinking age.
(c) Ending the draft.
(d) Raising the drinking age.

5. What additional reason does Schelling give for the desire to sit in the back of a theater?
(a) People want to watch people arrive.
(b) People want to be far from the stage.
(c) People want to be prepared to flee.
(d) People want to feel safe in the dark.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do people affect each other's decisions where to sit in theater?

2. What does Schelling say is essential to economic analysis?

3. What does Schelling compare to the process of tracking the circulation of money in an economy?

4. What does Schelling say individuals react to?

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

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