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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Tension Mounts. Europe and America..

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which delegate is elected chairman of the Committee of the Whole?
(a) Chancellor Wythe.
(b) George Washington.
(c) Elbridge Gerry.
(d) Nathaniel Gorham.

2. What is the ever-present danger delegates do not discuss?
(a) The Convention dissolving and the project being abandoned.
(b) The choice of a single executive reminding people of the British monarchy.
(c) None of the New York delegates return once they leave.
(d) There is never a quorum of delegates.

3. Why is it difficult for Congress to obtain a quorum?
(a) Congress members have other jobs that prohibit their participation in Congress.
(b) Congress members disagree with the way the government is working after the Revolutionary War.
(c) Congress members do not have enough money to travel to meetings.
(d) Congress members prefer state interests to general government interests.

4. What reason does Mason give as Hamilton's reason for leaving the Convention?
(a) He is opposed to the decisions being made at the Convention.
(b) He has pressing family business to tend to.
(c) He is angry that his opinions are not considered in the discussions.
(d) He is mortified that other New York delegates don't vote with him.

5. Chapter Five describes which Virginia Resolve that is considered at the beginning of June?
(a) The ability for the President to veto measures.
(b) The institution of a national executive.
(c) The ability for Congress to tax the states.
(d) The method of representation within the legislature.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which delegate is called "The Tall Boy" during the Continental Congress?

2. Who is elected secretary of the Convention?

3. 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?

4. Which state comes prepared to oppose proportional representation?

5. According to the Convention rules, how are questions to be decided?

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