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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) Madison.
(b) Washington.
(c) Hamilton.
(d) Morris.

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

3. Who is Washington's aide-de-camp during the Revolutionary War?
(a) King.
(b) Madison.
(c) Gerry.
(d) Hamilton.

4. Who is Edmund Randolph?
(a) Governor of New York.
(b) Governor of New Hampshire.
(c) Governor of Virginia.
(d) Governor of New Jersey.

5. What is Dr. Franklin's proposal for payment of the executive?
(a) The executive is not paid.
(b) The executive is paid a fixed fee determined by state legislatures.
(c) The executive is paid a percentage of his job before election.
(d) The executive is paid a fixed fee determined by Congress.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which state does not send a delegation to the Convention?

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

3. When the Convention opens, in which city is Congress meeting?

4. What motion does the Committee of the Whole approve before they adjourn on the last day of May?

5. Why is indigence a bad word for most delegates to the Convention?

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