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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. What question is considered at the first Saturday meeting of the quorum?
(a) What representation is used for Congress?
(b) What type of government best suites America?
(c) What is the role of the executive in the new government?
(d) Who is president of the Convention?

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

3. What does Bedford declare the small states do if the large states dissolve the Confederation?
(a) Band together to form their own union.
(b) Start a war against the large states.
(c) Find a foreign ally to assist them.
(d) Align themselves with one of the large states.

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

5. Which state does not send a delegation to the Convention?
(a) Rhode Island.
(b) Maryland.
(c) New Hampshire.
(d) New Jersey.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which delegate is born in Scotland and signs the Declaration of Independence?

2. Who is Washington's aide-de-camp during the Revolutionary War?

3. Which issue tie up the Convention proceedings for days?

4. Who writes that Rhode Island's absence from the Convention is insignificant in the face of the stated unity of the delegates?

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

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