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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. According to the Convention rules, how are questions to be decided?
(a) By a unanimous vote of the delegates.
(b) By a majority vote by delegates.
(c) By secret ballot.
(d) By a vote of two-thirds of the delegates.

2. What is the Society of the Cincinnati?
(a) A group of military men who want to maintain the federal government.
(b) A group of men who want to change the Articles of Confederation.
(c) A group of officers who serve in the Revolutionary War.
(d) A group of delegates who serve in the Continental Congress.

3. Which delegate writes and publishes Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania to the Inhabitants of the British colonies?
(a) John Dickinson.
(b) James Wilson.
(c) Benjamin Franklin.
(d) Pierce Butler.

4. Who is elected secretary of the Convention?
(a) Alexander Hamilton of New York.
(b) Robert Morris of Pennsylvania.
(c) James Madison of Virginia.
(d) Major Jackson of South Carolina.

5. Which delegate took the most comprehensive notes on the Convention meeting?
(a) Morris.
(b) Franklin.
(c) Washington.
(d) Madison.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Robert Morris?

2. What forms the basis of the Convention's procedure?

3. Which delegate is vehemently opposed to the clause in the Virginia Resolves that gives the national legislature authority to veto laws they judge improper?

4. What is the significance of May 25th?

5. Who is Edmund Randolph?

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