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

2. What ingrained behavior does Schelling say informs the decision where to sit in a theater?
(a) Not to sit in the back.
(b) Not to sit next to anyone.
(c) Not to sit near funny-looking people.
(d) Not to sit in front.

3. How does Schelling describe a decision such as choosing a seat in a theater?
(a) As a decision that can be predicted by mathematical laws of possibility.
(b) As something common and seemingly thoughtless that is nonetheless informed by subliminal motives.
(c) As a commonplace act that manifests the unconscious childhood sexual trauma of the individual.
(d) As a special case that cannot be analyzed using any particular interpretive framework.

4. What does Schelling say governs each decision?
(a) The collective unconscious.
(b) Longing and fear.
(c) Preferences and goals.
(d) Dread and awe.

5. What does Schelling say about balance in individual cases?
(a) It is a transcendent law.
(b) It does not exist.
(c) It defines the nature of human beings.
(d) It is evidence of the collective unconscious.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many calls does the individual receive, in the aggregate, in Schelling's analysis?

3. How does Schelling say the success of society is evaluated?

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

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

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