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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 characterize the individual's relationship with the society?
(a) He tends to organize with others in his similar situation.
(b) He tends to specialize, and not to see the influences that drive him.
(c) He does not need to know how it works, he only has to perform his part.
(d) He strives for a full understanding of every part.

2. What social science does Schelling say sociology resembles?
(a) Paranormal psychology.
(b) History.
(c) Psychology.
(d) Economics.

3. 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 tension and inequality.
(b) Introduces uncertainty.
(c) Introduces randomness.
(d) Introduces non-economic competition.

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

5. What does Schelling say about a bike owner buying a bike for $90 and selling it for $150?
(a) He says that the exchange is consistent with laws of capitalism.
(b) He says that the owner still has to pay overhead, so the exchange is equal.
(c) He says that the owner gains a profit of $60.
(d) He says that the exchange replaces a real bicycle with abstract money.

Short Answer Questions

1. What fear does Schelling say informs the behavior that is ingrained in people's decisions where to sit in a theater?

2. What example from nature does Schelling contrapose to human decisions?

3. What does Schelling ultimately say about a decision such as where to sit in a theater?

4. What example from human psychology does Schelling contrapose to conscious choice?

5. What ingrained behavior does Schelling say informs the decision where to sit in a theater?

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