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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5: Sorting and Mixing: Age and Income.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. What does the critical mass provide for the individual?
(a) Safety in numbers.
(b) Confidence that he is right.
(c) A plausible excuse.
(d) Deniability.

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

4. How does Schelling describe daylight savings time?
(a) As a self-fulfilling prophecy.
(b) As a self-displacing prophecy.
(c) As a critical mass.
(d) As a self-enforcing convention.

5. What is an example of a prediction which Schelling says closed system modeling cannot make?
(a) People who want to live near family will act on other preferences, like not living near shopping malls.
(b) People who want to live with people of the same race generally like their neighbors.
(c) People will not settle in one place, but they will keep searching for places that meet different needs.
(d) People who don't like dogs don't necessarily dislike dog owners.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Schelling's analysis, what behavior governs the people filling the theater?

2. Why can the Golden Gate Bridge charge a double toll for traffic in one direction without fear of being unfair?

3. What additional reason does Schelling give for the desire to sit in the back of a theater?

4. What does Schelling say is important in economics?

5. What does Schelling say discrimination is?

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