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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 Dr. Franklin argue for a plural executive?
(a) He believes a plural executive better reflects the interest of all the states.
(b) He wants to share the position with George Washington.
(c) He believes a single executive becomes ill and unable to conduct public affairs.
(d) He believes a single executive inflames the British.

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

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

4. In Chapter Seven, which delegate is identified as "not consulted" on the vote to grant the national legislature veto power over all laws they deem improper?
(a) Edmund Randolph.
(b) George Washington.
(c) Pierce Butler.
(d) George Mason.

5. Who writes that Rhode Island's absence from the Convention is insignificant in the face of the stated unity of the delegates?
(a) Dr. Benjamin Franklin.
(b) Thomas Jefferson.
(c) Dr. Benjamin Rush.
(d) James Madison.

Short Answer Questions

1. When they arrive, what is the most immediate problem for convention delegates?

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

3. What metaphor does John Dickinson use to describe his view of American government?

4. Chapter Five describes which Virginia Resolve that is considered at the beginning of June?

5. Why does Edmund Randolph oppose a single executive?

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