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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do delegates think that authority needs to originate in order to be legitimate?
(a) The people.
(b) The poor.
(c) The merchants.
(d) The landowners.

2. What were Americans and Britons discussing a great deal during the 1770s?
(a) Warfare against the French.
(b) The Massachusetts charter.
(c) Warfare against the Native Americans.
(d) Political thought and theory.

3. What were the delegates debating in Chapter 3?
(a) The election of the House of Representatives.
(b) The appointment of judges.
(c) The election of the President.
(d) The election of Senators.

4. What did the Virginia Plan propose to do to the Articles?
(a) Discard them.
(b) Ratify them in Virginia.
(c) Extend their authority for another ten years.
(d) Fix their flaws.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the South want the Constitution to regulate trade?

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

3. What did James Madison support?

4. What happened to the motion not to give government officers salaries?

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

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