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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Drafting the Constitution. The Committee of Style and Arrangement Take Hold. September 8-12..

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which delegate signs the letter to Congress as a representative of all Convention delegates?
(a) James Madison.
(b) William Samuel Johnson.
(c) Governor Morris.
(d) George Washington.

2. Which delegate elegantly rebuts Paterson's defense of the New Jersey plan?
(a) James Wilson.
(b) George Washington.
(c) Charles Pinckney.
(d) Alexander Hamilton.

3. What is Deism?
(a) A religious belief that god is to be found through belief, not revelation.
(b) The practice of disagreeing with organized religion.
(c) A political movement advocating test oaths with a religious basis.
(d) The religious foundation for the state of Massachusetts.

4. Why is no argument made against Hamilton's speech?
(a) It is so vague that the delegates do not understand what he intends.
(b) The delegates agree with the clarity of his thinking.
(c) It appropriately addresses all of the concerns of the delegates.
(d) It is so extreme that no appropriate response or rebuttal is given.

5. Which issue tie up the Convention proceedings for days?
(a) How states are to be represented in Congress.
(b) How states are to be governed.
(c) How states are allowed to veto Congressional decisions.
(d) How states elect members of the Senate.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Thomas Jefferson absent from the Convention?

2. Which delegate from South Carolina claims to have a plan similar to that presented by Edmund Randolph?

3. What does Madison consider "a clear principle of free government"?

4. What motion does the Committee of the Whole approve before they adjourn on the last day of May?

5. What does Bedford declare the small states do if the large states dissolve the Confederation?

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