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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) Archetypal intelligence.
(d) Anxiety of influence.

2. What does Schelling say the number of bikes stolen is almost identical to?
(a) The number of bikes reported stolen.
(b) The number of bikes not reported stolen.
(c) The number of bikes that cannot be fixed each year.
(d) One third of the number of bikes bought new.

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

4. What natural phenomenon does Schelling compare the economy to?
(a) An ocean ecosystem.
(b) An ant colony.
(c) Celestial bodies.
(d) A forest.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Schelling say about a bike owner buying a bike for $90 and selling it for $150?

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

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

5. What does Schelling say about Christmas cards?

(see the answer key)

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