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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 43-45, Appendices I and II.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Mr. Sherman advocate about executive veto power?
(a) He said that the executive should have absolute veto.
(b) He said that the executive veto power should be limited.
(c) He said that the executive should not have a veto.
(d) He said that the executive should have veto power over the legislature, but not the judiciary.

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

3. What did Rhode Island propose in its ratification process?
(a) To expand the government's ability to tax.
(b) To give the states the right to appoint politicians.
(c) To give the people the right to bear arms.
(d) To give the people freedom of speech.

4. How did Patrick Henry describe fear?
(a) As the enemy to reason.
(b) As the passion of slaves.
(c) As the restraint of the wise.
(d) As the paralyzing emotion.

5. What did James Madison worry about concerning ratification in the states?
(a) The states could sink the ratification process.
(b) The federal government would be powerless without unanimous ratification.
(c) The states could hold the federal government hostage with no votes.
(d) The states might not act in the national interest.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was James Wilson calling for in his speech to the Pennsylvania legislature?

2. What did Mr. Sherman argue concerning the question of whether the executive should be chosen by the legislature?

3. What was the objection to constitutional monarchy at the constitutional convention?

4. Which form of government includes a representative government without hereditary privilege?

5. What did Mr. Pinckney think about slavery?

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