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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 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 a common decision that people make the same way depending on where they are in the crowd.
(c) It is neither superficial nor thoughtless.
(d) It is neither meaningful nor memorable.

2. 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) Theatres fill from the back-middle to the front and then to the back.
(c) Early arrivals sit in back, then the rest fill from the rear.
(d) Theatres fill randomly.

3. What does Schelling say people have a tendency to do?
(a) Hide from unpleasant facts.
(b) Be honest.
(c) Put others down.
(d) Put themselves in good positions.

4. How does Schelling say the success of society is evaluated?
(a) In the success of the leaders and superior individuals.
(b) In the welfare of the least successful individuals.
(c) On the aggregate, not the individual level.
(d) In the health and success of individuals.

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 replaces a real bicycle with abstract money.
(b) He says that the exchange is consistent with laws of capitalism.
(c) He says that the owner gains a profit of $60.
(d) He says that the owner still has to pay overhead, so the exchange is equal.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Schelling describe the Golden Gate Bridge?

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

3. What additional explanation does Schelling offer for seat selection?

4. What does Schelling say distinguishes the sociologist from other scientists?

5. What does Schelling use his lecture to an audience of 800 people to illustrate?

(see the answer key)

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