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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 delegates oppose in the Virginia Plan?
(a) Giving the states too much independence.
(b) Isolating America in the international community.
(c) Increasing the federal government's power.
(d) Giving populous states too much influence.

2. What did Mr. Sherman argue during the debate over the length of Senatorial term-lengths?
(a) Long terms will preserve continuity in government.
(b) Short terms allow bad rulers to be removed.
(c) Short terms create perpetual campaigns.
(d) Long terms allow leaders to learn on the job.

3. Why did delegates argue that Senators should be elected in state legislatures?
(a) The House of Representatives would be counter-balanced.
(b) The government would be composed of professional politicians.
(c) The states would therefore have an interest in preserving the federal government.
(d) The state legislatures would thereby gain power against the federal government.

4. What theory was flourishing in the 1770s in America?
(a) The theory of evolution.
(b) The theory of free trade and open markets.
(c) The theory of intelligent design.
(d) The theory of institutional design.

5. What did the New Jersey Plan allow the federal government to do?
(a) Regulate slavery.
(b) Maintain a standing army.
(c) Tax intra-state commerce.
(d) Support a Supreme Court.

Short Answer Questions

1. What position did "Publius" advocate?

2. What opinion bolstered Mr. Sherman's view about where election should take place?

3. What must the government use its power to protect the people from, in James Madison's opinion?

4. What did William Paterson offer the convention?

5. What did the delegates debate concerning state laws?

(see the answer key)

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