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

2. What case does Schelling use to illustrate the difficulty of making an economic proposition?
(a) Raising the drinking age.
(b) Lowering the drinking age.
(c) Raising the draft age.
(d) Ending the draft.

3. What does Schelling say the presence of a small group of black students in a college student body does for any economic propositions about the behavior of that student body?
(a) Introduces non-economic competition.
(b) Introduces randomness.
(c) Introduces tension and inequality.
(d) Introduces uncertainty.

4. What does Schelling say about Christmas cards?
(a) They do not follow any laws of distribution.
(b) They make a map of social relations.
(c) Sometimes they are sent out of guilt.
(d) There is generally a balance between how many each person receives.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many calls does the individual receive, in the aggregate, in Schelling's analysis?

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

3. What does Schelling say about the frequency of pairs?

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

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

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