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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Massachusetts. The People Speak..

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why is it difficult for Congress to obtain a quorum?
(a) Congress members disagree with the way the government is working after the Revolutionary War.
(b) Congress members have other jobs that prohibit their participation in Congress.
(c) Congress members do not have enough money to travel to meetings.
(d) Congress members prefer state interests to general government interests.

3. Why do delegates to the Massachusetts Convention meet in Boston's Brattle Street Church?
(a) The governor is an active member of the church.
(b) The State House is too small.
(c) Samuel Adams wants all meetings to open with prayer.
(d) The church is the foundation of Massachusetts government.

4. Who is Robert Morris?
(a) The governor of Maryland.
(b) A delegate from New Jersey.
(c) An assistant to Washington.
(d) The richest man in Philadelphia.

5. Who finally appears at the Convention a week after the Great Compromise is passed?
(a) Thomas Jefferson.
(b) The governor of New Jersey.
(c) The delegation from Kentucky.
(d) Two delegates from New Hampshire.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which delegate took the most comprehensive notes on the Convention meeting?

2. By the events of Chapter 11, how is the balloting taking place?

3. What kind of veto power does the Convention delegates finally grant to the executive?

4. On July second, what question does the delegates vote on?

5. What motion does Franklin propose on the final day of the Convention?

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