1. Why does George Mason object to the motion empowering Congress to cut canals where needed?
(a) He thinks Philadelphia uses it as an excuse for establishing a bank.
(b) He believes it create monopolies.
(c) He believes the future of transportation lay elsewhere and this is wasteful spending.
(d) He thinks it gives an advantage to the Western Territories.

2. What motion does the Committee of the Whole approve before they adjourn on the last day of May?
(a) The motion that the President should be elected for life.
(b) The motion that the national legislature should have three branches.
(c) The motion that the national legislature should have two branches.
(d) The motion that the President should be elected by popular vote.

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

4. The delegates decide that congressmen are to be paid how?
(a) By a fixed salary equivalent to two-thirds of a typical merchant salary.
(b) By a salary with annual raises based on longevity.
(c) By a fixed, moderate stipend from individual state treasuries.
(d) By fixed, moderate stipend from the national treasury.

5. By the events of Chapter 11, how is the balloting taking place?
(a) Only in state caucuses.
(b) Only in the Committee of the Whole.
(c) In the full Convention.
(d) In smaller sub-committees.