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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is called the "unsung hero" of the Convention?
(a) Edmund Randolph.
(b) James Wilson.
(c) Elbridge Gerry.
(d) Charles Pinckney.

2. What motion does the Committee of the Whole approve before they adjourn on the last day of May?
(a) The motion that the President should be elected for life.
(b) The motion that the President should be elected by popular vote.
(c) The motion that the national legislature should have three branches.
(d) The motion that the national legislature should have two branches.

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

4. Why does Dr. Franklin argue for a plural executive?
(a) He believes a plural executive better reflects the interest of all the states.
(b) He believes a single executive becomes ill and unable to conduct public affairs.
(c) He wants to share the position with George Washington.
(d) He believes a single executive inflames the British.

5. Which delegate is born in Scotland and signs the Declaration of Independence?
(a) Pierce Butler.
(b) James Wilson.
(c) John Rutledge.
(d) John Dickinson.

6. What do delegates see if they visit Carpenters' Hall?
(a) Newly published poems.
(b) Freshly caught fish.
(c) Models of mechanical instruments.
(d) Fossil bones.

7. In Chapter 11, which delegate reminds the Convention that because the states are commercial, they continue to be engaged in European politics?
(a) Governor Morris.
(b) Rufus King.
(c) Edmund Randolph.
(d) Gunning Bradford.

8. 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 each state has one vote in the Senate.
(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 blacks remain property in the South.

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

10. Which delegate opens the Convention's "main business"?
(a) Edmund Randolph.
(b) Benjamin Franklin.
(c) Alexander Hamilton.
(d) James Madison.

11. What is Dr. Franklin's proposal for payment of the executive?
(a) The executive is paid a fixed fee determined by state legislatures.
(b) The executive is paid a percentage of his job before election.
(c) The executive is not paid.
(d) The executive is paid a fixed fee determined by Congress.

12. Why does Patterson of New Jersey ask for time in mid June?
(a) To return home and take care of his family.
(b) To discuss Convention matters with other delegates from his state.
(c) To develop and gather support for an alternative to the Virginia Plan.
(d) To prepare a draft of the Constitution for the Committee of the Whole.

13. Where does the Convention meet?
(a) The Congressional buildings.
(b) The Pennsylvania State House.
(c) The White House.
(d) Washington, D.C..

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

15. How does Hamilton get named as a delegate to the Convention?
(a) He is asked to participate by George Washington.
(b) He is a member of the ruling political party in New York.
(c) He is the governor of New York.
(d) His father-in-law has political prestige.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does New Hampshire delay in sending delegates to the Convention?

2. On May 30th, what amendment to the Virginia Resolves is proposed by Randolph?

3. Who is Robert Morris?

4. What American diversion does Chevalier de Chastelleux experience while in Connecticut?

5. Who is Washington's aide-de-camp during the Revolutionary War?

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