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

2. What does Schelling say is important in economics?
(a) Generalizations.
(b) Randomness.
(c) Natural laws.
(d) Individual behavior.

3. Why does Schelling say people tend to sit in the back of a theater?
(a) Because it is darker there.
(b) Because they want to be able to leave.
(c) Because they are afraid of the front.
(d) Because that's where the desirable people sit.

4. Why can the Golden Gate Bridge charge a double toll for traffic in one direction without fear of being unfair?
(a) Because the traffic reverses direction at the end of every day.
(b) Because people coming south have more money than people in the city.
(c) Because tolls are designed to repair social inequality.
(d) Because even one-way drivers will return one day.

5. How do people affect each other's decisions where to sit in theater?
(a) Theatres fill from the back-middle to the front and then to the back.
(b) Theatres fill randomly.
(c) Early arrivals sit in back, then the rest fill from the rear.
(d) Theatres fill from the middle to the sides and back.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Schelling say the defines independent variable in a behavioral system?

2. How does Schelling describe the Golden Gate Bridge?

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

4. What does Schelling say individuals react to?

5. What does Schelling say most people will say about their driving?

(see the answer key)

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