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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Congressional Veto. Proportional Representation. The Delegates Write Home..

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Edmund Randolph oppose a single executive?
(a) He believes a plural executive is better able to represent the different parts of the country.
(b) He feels a plural executive is more useful if the country is invaded by foreign troops.
(c) He feels a national government needs a different model for the executive than the model demonstrated by state governments.
(d) He believes a single executive is influenced by foreign governments.

2. What is important about the reading of state credentials?
(a) The state credentials reveal signs of the way the states are thinking at the start of the discussion.
(b) Reading the state credentials give everyone a chance to get used to the regional differences in speech and accent.
(c) The state credentials allow the delegates to introduce themselves, because they are all strangers.
(d) Reading the state credentials make the actions legal under the Articles of Confederation.

3. Which delegate is beloved by the French?
(a) Alexander Hamilton.
(b) Rufus King.
(c) Benjamin Franklin.
(d) Thomas Jefferson.

4. Which delegate opens the Convention's "main business"?
(a) James Madison.
(b) Alexander Hamilton.
(c) Benjamin Franklin.
(d) Edmund Randolph.

5. How does Dr. Franklin arrive at the State House?
(a) In a sedan chair.
(b) On foot.
(c) On horseback.
(d) In a carriage.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is called the "unsung hero" of the Convention?

2. Which late-arriving delegate is also governor of New Jersey?

3. According to the Convention rules, how are questions to be decided?

4. What is the Society of the Cincinnati?

5. Which delegate took the most comprehensive notes on the Convention meeting?

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