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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 13-16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Madison say the country needed, in his letter to George Washington?
(a) A charismatic leader.
(b) Short presidential terms.
(c) A dispassionate umpire.
(d) A central coordinating committee.

2. What plan did James Madison favor?
(a) A federal plan.
(b) An isolationist plan.
(c) A state-centric plan.
(d) A diplomatic plan.

3. What was the objection to constitutional monarchy at the constitutional convention?
(a) The possibility of a runaway executive.
(b) The threat of mob rule.
(c) The threat of tyranny of the masses.
(d) The Americans' distaste following the war.

4. Which constituents did Dr. Johnson want to placate with the plan he advocated?
(a) Small states.
(b) Foreign diplomats.
(c) The upper classes.
(d) Federalists.

5. What did Mr. Mason support at the convention?
(a) Appointment by the President.
(b) Election by the people.
(c) Election of Senators by Senators.
(d) Election by state legislatures.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the New Jersey Plan resolve the question of the relationship of state laws to federal laws?

2. What were Americans concluding by the 1780s?

3. What did Edmund Randolph present to the delegates?

4. How much of the Virginia Plan was accepted?

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

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