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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. In Schelling's analysis, what behavior governs the people filling the theater?
(a) Bunching behavior.
(b) Randomness.
(c) Chaos.
(d) Group aversion.

2. What does Schelling say the number of bikes stolen is almost identical to?
(a) The number of bikes that cannot be fixed each year.
(b) The number of bikes reported stolen.
(c) One third of the number of bikes bought new.
(d) The number of bikes not reported stolen.

3. What name does Schelling give to the effect people have on each other's behavior?
(a) Emotional intelligence.
(b) Archetypal intelligence.
(c) Anxiety of influence.
(d) Contingent behavior.

4. What does Schelling say a proposition has to have in order to be true?
(a) It has to be fair and balanced.
(b) It has to be inclusive and correct.
(c) It has to be able to be translated into an equation.
(d) It has to be mathematically grounded.

5. What additional reason does Schelling give for the desire to sit in the back of a theater?
(a) People want to be far from the stage.
(b) People want to be prepared to flee.
(c) People want to watch people arrive.
(d) People want to feel safe in the dark.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what does Schelling compare a sociologist?

2. What does Schelling say about economic systems that allow unequal distribution of wealth?

3. What does Schelling say governs each decision?

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

5. What does Schelling say about Christmas cards?

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