This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Life, Liberty and Property. The People at Large. The Method of Electing Congressmen. June 6-7..

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 a vote of two-thirds of the delegates.
(d) By secret ballot.

2. What do delegates see if they visit Carpenters' Hall?
(a) Models of mechanical instruments.
(b) Freshly caught fish.
(c) Newly published poems.
(d) Fossil bones.

3. Why isn't the Convention called the Constitutional Convention?
(a) The Constitution is not written until after the Convention is over.
(b) The Constitution is already drafted, and the Convention is held to discuss the draft.
(c) The initial purpose is to revise the Articles of Confederation, not to write a Constitution.
(d) The Convention does not discuss the development of a Constitution.

4. When they arrive, what is the most immediate problem for convention delegates?
(a) Earning re-election in their home districts.
(b) Electing a President.
(c) Personal funding, because city life is expensive.
(d) Finding a place to stay, because Philadelphia is very crowded.

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