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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7: Hockey Helmets, Daylight Saving, and Other Binary Choices.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the central issue in the case Schelling presents regarding hockey helmets?
(a) How many people make the choice.
(b) The reasonableness of the decision.
(c) The validity of safety statistics.
(d) The authority of the league.

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

3. What does Schelling say are continuous variables?
(a) Sex, race and religion.
(b) Associations, memberships, and career.
(c) Age, income and IQ.
(d) History, ethnicity and tradition.

4. How does Schelling describe the system of skiers going up a lift and coming down the trails?
(a) As an open system.
(b) As a transformative system.
(c) As a closed system.
(d) As a static system.

5. What does Schelling say social conventions mediate between?
(a) Desire and restraint.
(b) Violence and the threat of punishment.
(c) Order and chaos.
(d) Individual interest and collective purpose.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the heating system parallel human behavior in Schelling's example?

2. What does Schelling say is essential to economic analysis?

3. What does Schelling say about discrimination?

4. How many distinct eggs does Schelling say a woman can produce?

5. What does Schelling say will be necessary to satisfy people with a closed model?

(see the answer key)

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