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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which delegate chairs the committee that writes the Articles of Confederation?
(a) James Wilson.
(b) Alexander Hamilton.
(c) James Madison.
(d) John Dickinson.

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

4. Which delegate is Washington's neighbor on the Potomac?
(a) George Mason.
(b) Thomas Jefferson.
(c) Roger Sherman.
(d) Elbridge Gerry.

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

6. A motion on which issue opens the discussion on June 20th?
(a) A motion to choose between the New Jersey and Virginia Plans.
(b) A motion to allow Congress to have two branches.
(c) A motion to remove "national" from the first Virginia Resolve.
(d) A motion on how senators are chosen.

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

8. What convenience is just becoming fashionable at the time of the Convention?
(a) Buckles.
(b) Plows.
(c) Boots.
(d) Toothbrushes.

9. According to the Convention rules, how many states make a quorum?
(a) Three.
(b) Thirteen.
(c) Twelve.
(d) Seven.

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

11. In Chapter 10, which delegate makes a long speech about the lack of necessity for a Congress with two branches?
(a) George Washington.
(b) James Madison.
(c) Alexander Hamilton.
(d) Luther Martin.

12. What forms the basis of the Convention's procedure?
(a) The Pennsylvania Constitution.
(b) The Virginia Resolves.
(c) The Magna Carta.
(d) The Articles of Confederation.

13. What metaphor does John Dickinson use to describe his view of American government?
(a) A machine, with the parts representing the legislative body.
(b) A solar system with the sun representing the central government.
(c) A family, with the father representing the chief executive.
(d) A farm, with the farmer representing the central government.

14. What does Bedford declare the small states do if the large states dissolve the Confederation?
(a) Find a foreign ally to assist them.
(b) Band together to form their own union.
(c) Start a war against the large states.
(d) Align themselves with one of the large states.

15. On June 19th, which delegate begins the day by arguing against the New Jersey Plan?
(a) Rufus King.
(b) Alexander Hamilton.
(c) James Madison.
(d) Edmund Randolph.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which delegate is called "The Tall Boy" during the Continental Congress?

2. Which state does not send a delegation to the Convention?

3. Who is Guillaume Penn?

4. Which delegate writes and publishes Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania to the Inhabitants of the British colonies?

5. Which state comes prepared to oppose proportional representation?

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