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

2. What does Schelling say most people will say about their driving?
(a) They are charismatic.
(b) They are unique.
(c) They are average.
(d) They are better than average.

3. What does Schelling say is important in economics?
(a) Individual behavior.
(b) Natural laws.
(c) Randomness.
(d) Generalizations.

4. What does Schelling call the phenomenon when two independent activities are dependent upon each other in that one is looked to as the other's source of growth?
(a) An economic proposition.
(b) A direct proportion.
(c) The acceleration principle.
(d) The transcendental relationship.

5. What does Schelling say distinguishes the sociologist from other scientists?
(a) He studies himself as well as his subject.
(b) He is involved in the life he is studying.
(c) He publishes in different journals.
(d) He uses non-mathematical data.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Schelling say people have a tendency to do?

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

3. Which example does Schelling say complicates the prospect of arriving at a definitive proposition?

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

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

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