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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Foreigners in Congress. The Ten Miles Square..

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. According to Edmund Randolph, what is the purpose of a preamble?
(a) To answer questions of law.
(b) To demonstrate equality and democracy.
(c) To designate the ends of government and human politics.
(d) To guarantee equal access to Congress.

3. Which delegate argue that restrictions on the citizenship of legislators are left for Congress to decide?
(a) Edmund Randolph.
(b) Charles Pinckney.
(c) Robert Morris.
(d) James Madison.

4. What does Bowen consider the most striking feature of the New Jersey Plan?
(a) Two branches of legislature.
(b) The executive is removed by impeachment.
(c) Creation of a single legislative chamber where states vote equally, regardless of size or wealth.
(d) There is a single executive.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Society of the Cincinnati?

2. What is the federal ratio?

3. What question is considered at the first Saturday meeting of the quorum?

4. Which delegate opens the Convention's "main business"?

5. What is important about the reading of state credentials?

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