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

2. What does Schelling use his lecture to an audience of 800 people to illustrate?
(a) Randomness.
(b) Group dynamics.
(c) Economic theories of entertainment.
(d) Spatial distribution.

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

4. What does Schelling say the presence of a small group of black students in a college student body does for any economic propositions about the behavior of that student body?
(a) Introduces uncertainty.
(b) Introduces non-economic competition.
(c) Introduces randomness.
(d) Introduces tension and inequality.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Schelling describe the Golden Gate Bridge?

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

3. What natural phenomenon does Schelling compare the economy to?

4. What does Schelling say is important in economics?

5. How does Schelling describe a decision such as choosing a seat in a theater?

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