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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 example from human psychology does Schelling contrapose to conscious choice?
(a) Parasympathetic behavior.
(b) Dread and awe.
(c) Instinct.
(d) Hunger.

2. 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) The number of bikes reported stolen.
(c) The number of bikes not reported stolen.
(d) One third of the number of bikes bought new.

3. How do people affect each other's decisions where to sit in theater?
(a) Theatres fill from the middle to the sides and back.
(b) Early arrivals sit in back, then the rest fill from the rear.
(c) Theatres fill randomly.
(d) Theatres fill from the back-middle to the front and then to the back.

4. What does Schelling ultimately say about a decision such as where to sit in a theater?
(a) It is not predictable but it nonetheless follows a pattern.
(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 neither meaningful nor memorable.

5. What consequence does Schelling say might affect people sitting closer to the stage?
(a) They are forced to be watched by the others.
(b) They are will be last to leave.
(c) They can see and hear better.
(d) They are socially outcast.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many calls does the individual receive, in the aggregate, in Schelling's analysis?

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

3. What does Schelling say has to be closely attended to, in economic analysis?

4. How does Schelling characterize the individual's relationship with the society?

5. What does Schelling say about human desire?

(see the answer key)

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