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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 the oldest?
(a) Alexander Hamilton.
(b) Benjamin Franklin.
(c) James Madison.
(d) George Washington.

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

3. In Chapter Eight, what startling statement is attributed to Franklin?
(a) That suffrage in the House is according to the free population of a state.
(b) That blacks remain property in the South.
(c) That he is not opposed to giving part of Pennsylvania to New Jersey or Delaware to make the states more equal in size.
(d) That each state has one vote in the Senate.

4. Which "firebrands" of the American Revolution are absent from the Convention?
(a) George Washington and Patrick Henry.
(b) Sam Adams and Alexander Hamilton.
(c) Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson.
(d) Patrick Henry and Sam Adams.

5. According to the Convention rules, how many states make a quorum?
(a) Seven.
(b) Thirteen.
(c) Twelve.
(d) Three.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What type of government does Virginia's George Wythe support?

4. Who is Edmund Randolph?

5. Which delegate writes and publishes Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania to the Inhabitants of the British colonies?

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