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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. Who is elected the president of the Convention?
(a) Morris.
(b) Madison.
(c) Washington.
(d) Hamilton.

2. Which state sends the most delegates to the Convention?
(a) Delaware.
(b) Virginia.
(c) Pennsylvania.
(d) New York.

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

4. 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 make the actions legal under the Articles of Confederation.
(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. Who is Robert Morris?
(a) An assistant to Washington.
(b) The governor of Maryland.
(c) A delegate from New Jersey.
(d) The richest man in Philadelphia.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sound is prevalent in Philadelphia during the Convention?

2. What is Jefferson's position regarding Shay's Rebellion?

3. Why does Edmund Randolph oppose a single executive?

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

5. In Chapter Five, what situation does Madison feel is "peculiarly embarrassing"?

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