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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9-12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What subject were the delegates debating in Chapter 6?
(a) Whether the executive should be singular or plural.
(b) Who should be eligible to vote in elections.
(c) Whether government officers should receive pay.
(d) Whether the federal government should oversee state laws.

2. What did William Paterson offer the convention?
(a) The Virginia Plan.
(b) The Missouri Compromise.
(c) The New Jersey Plan.
(d) The Great Compromise.

3. Why did Mr. Wilson prefer the New Jersey Plan?
(a) Because it provided for a standing army.
(b) Because it protected America from European influence.
(c) Because it centralized power in the executive.
(d) Because it provided multiple legislative houses.

4. What were opponents of the resolution that was ultimately adopted afraid of?
(a) That the federal government would become too powerful.
(b) That trade would be stifled.
(c) That foreign countries would be able to divide and conquer.
(d) That the states would gain too much independence.

5. Which form of government includes direct voting by the people?
(a) Representative democracy.
(b) Republic.
(c) Oligarchy.
(d) Constitutional monarchy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote the introduction to this edition of "The Anti-Federalist Papers"?

2. Why did delegates argue that Senators should be elected in state legislatures?

3. How much of the Virginia Plan was accepted?

4. What did Mr. Mason support at the convention?

5. What did Madison argue for in his letter to George Washington?

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