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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) Elbridge Gerry.
(c) Nathaniel Gorham.
(d) George Washington.

2. 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?
(a) George Washington.
(b) Edmund Randolph.
(c) Pierce Butler.
(d) George Mason.

3. Who proposes the compromise on representation?
(a) Roger Sherman.
(b) Elbridge Gerry.
(c) James Wilson.
(d) John Rutledge.

4. Which late-arriving delegate is also governor of New Jersey?
(a) James Wilson.
(b) Elbridge Gerry.
(c) Charles Pinckney.
(d) William Livingston.

5. The delegates decide that congressmen are to be paid how?
(a) By a fixed, moderate stipend from individual state treasuries.
(b) By a salary with annual raises based on longevity.
(c) By a fixed salary equivalent to two-thirds of a typical merchant salary.
(d) By fixed, moderate stipend from the national treasury.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Bowen consider the most striking feature of the New Jersey Plan?

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

4. What is the Society of the Cincinnati?

5. What is the outcome of the vote over the New Jersey plan?

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