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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Federal versus National. The Two Supremes. The City of Philadelphia..

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the Society of the Cincinnati?
(a) A group of delegates who serve in the Continental Congress.
(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 military men who want to maintain the federal government.

2. As described in Chapter Four, what is the main focus of the delegates' debates?
(a) The rights of states.
(b) The rights of individual citizens.
(c) The rights of immigrants.
(d) The right to prepare a Constitution.

3. What sound is prevalent in Philadelphia during the Convention?
(a) The clang of the printing press.
(b) Preachers preaching.
(c) The ringing of bells.
(d) The hissing of steam engines.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the Virginia delegates do before a quorum of states arrive?

2. Which delegate is the oldest?

3. Where does the Convention meet?

4. Which delegate from South Carolina claims to have a plan similar to that presented by Edmund Randolph?

5. Which state comes prepared to oppose proportional representation?

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