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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 name does Schelling give to the effect people have on each other's behavior?
(a) Anxiety of influence.
(b) Emotional intelligence.
(c) Archetypal intelligence.
(d) Contingent behavior.

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

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

4. What does Schelling say is essential to economic analysis?
(a) Narrative.
(b) Profit and loss.
(c) Accounting statements.
(d) Income and economic growth.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Schelling call the myriad of potential results?

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

3. What case does Schelling use to illustrate the difficulty of making an economic proposition?

4. Which example does Schelling say complicates the prospect of arriving at a definitive proposition?

5. What does Schelling say about balance in individual cases?

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