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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Drafting the Constitution. The Committee of Style and Arrangement Take Hold. September 8-12..

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is important about the reading of state credentials?
(a) The state credentials allow the delegates to introduce themselves, because they are all strangers.
(b) Reading the state credentials give everyone a chance to get used to the regional differences in speech and accent.
(c) Reading the state credentials make the actions legal under the Articles of Confederation.
(d) The state credentials reveal signs of the way the states are thinking at the start of the discussion.

2. Who creates a dictionary to capitalize on the uniqueness of the American language?
(a) Noah Webster.
(b) James Madison.
(c) Alexander Hamilton.
(d) Benjamin Franklin.

3. Why is merchant Jonas Phillips opposed to a test oath for government officers?
(a) He believes that loyalty to the country is not determined by oath.
(b) He is a Deist.
(c) He believes a test oath discriminated against Jews.
(d) He believes church membership is sufficient.

4. Why is it difficult for Congress to obtain a quorum?
(a) Congress members disagree with the way the government is working after the Revolutionary War.
(b) Congress members prefer state interests to general government interests.
(c) Congress members do not have enough money to travel to meetings.
(d) Congress members have other jobs that prohibit their participation in Congress.

5. Why is indigence a bad word for most delegates to the Convention?
(a) The delegates believe that the indigent population rebels against their decisions at any moment.
(b) The delegates are fearful of becoming poor themselves.
(c) The delegates associate poverty with laziness.
(d) The delegates are concerned that European countries realize the states need assistance in paying off their debts.

Short Answer Questions

1. On July second, what question does the delegates vote on?

2. Which delegate is vehemently opposed to the clause in the Virginia Resolves that gives the national legislature authority to veto laws they judge improper?

3. In Chapter 11, which delegate reminds the Convention that because the states are commercial, they continue to be engaged in European politics?

4. Who finally appears at the Convention a week after the Great Compromise is passed?

5. Which delegate is beloved by the French?

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