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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3: Thermostats, Lemons, and Other Families of Models.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Schelling say is the key to predicting whether there will be a critical mass?
(a) Defining the number that will constitute the critical mass.
(b) Modeling the undesirability of the decision being weighed.
(c) Knowing why people delay their decisions.
(d) Articulating the fears that surround the decision in the collective unconscious.

2. To what does Schelling compare a sociologist?
(a) A mathematician.
(b) A musician.
(c) A naturalist.
(d) A forest ranger.

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

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

5. How does Schelling describe the Golden Gate Bridge?
(a) As a closed system.
(b) As an open system.
(c) As a static equilibrium.
(d) As a semi-closed system.

Short Answer Questions

1. What name does Schelling give to the effect people have on each other's behavior?

2. What consequence does Schelling say might affect people sitting closer to the stage?

3. What does Schelling call the myriad of potential results?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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