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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. To what does Schelling compare a sociologist?
(a) A musician.
(b) A forest ranger.
(c) A mathematician.
(d) A naturalist.

2. What does Schelling compare to the process of tracking the circulation of money in an economy?
(a) Rumors circulating.
(b) Water's movement from the ocean to clouds to rivers to the ocean.
(c) The development and use of language.
(d) Musical chairs.

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

4. What does Schelling say about Christmas cards?
(a) They make a map of social relations.
(b) Sometimes they are sent out of guilt.
(c) There is generally a balance between how many each person receives.
(d) They do not follow any laws of distribution.

5. What does Schelling say about the frequency of pairs?
(a) Pairs are rare in nature but common in society.
(b) Pairs are a human construct.
(c) Many phenomena occur in pairs.
(d) Pairs are common if your criteria are simple.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Schelling say governs each decision?

2. What does Schelling say the number of bikes stolen is almost identical to?

3. How does Schelling describe the Golden Gate Bridge?

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

5. What does Schelling say about a bike owner buying a bike for $90 and selling it for $150?

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