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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the "pursuit of happiness" mean to the Convention delegates?
(a) A man is able to vote in all elections.
(b) A man engages in any type of private behavior as long as he is happy.
(c) A man rises according to his abilities and industry.
(d) A man has the potential to choose any occupation.

2. Who is elected the president of the Convention?
(a) Washington.
(b) Madison.
(c) Morris.
(d) Hamilton.

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

4. In Chapter Four, what issue does James Wilson see as the heart of the problem surrounding government?
(a) Is it modeled after the British form of government?
(b) Is it be over men or over states?
(c) Does it represent all states equally?
(d) Is it be decided at the Convention?

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

6. What two types of documents do Convention delegates have to guide their discussion of states' rights?
(a) The Articles of the Confederation and the Bill of Rights.
(b) The Articles of the Confederation and the Declaration of Independence.
(c) The state constitutions and the Declaration of Independence.
(d) The state constitutions and the Articles of the Confederation.

7. What is the Society of the Cincinnati?
(a) A group of delegates who serve in the Continental Congress.
(b) A group of officers who serve in the Revolutionary War.
(c) A group of military men who want to maintain the federal government.
(d) A group of men who want to change the Articles of Confederation.

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

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

10. What is Shay's Rebellion?
(a) A revolt by farmers in Western Massachusetts angered over taxation by leaders in Boston.
(b) A movement by the Massachusetts delegation to prevent the writing of a Constitution.
(c) A movement by Southern farmers to keep slavery in their states.
(d) A rebellion by the colonists against the British rulers.

11. Which late-arriving delegate is also governor of New Jersey?
(a) James Wilson.
(b) Charles Pinckney.
(c) William Livingston.
(d) Elbridge Gerry.

12. What is Jefferson's position regarding Shay's Rebellion?
(a) Jefferson argues that the principles of Shay's Rebellion are used to write the Constitution.
(b) Jefferson supports the spirit of resistance to government demonstrated by the rebels.
(c) Jefferson condemns the rebels for acting against the government.
(d) Jefferson remains neutral about the events labeled as Shay's Rebellion.

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

14. At the beginning of the Convention, Governor Morris reads a letter from whom?
(a) Thirteen officers from Cincinnati.
(b) Thirteen merchants from Rhode Island.
(c) Thirteen delegates from New Hampshire.
(d) Thirteen Congressmen.

15. What does Madison consider "a clear principle of free government"?
(a) The announcement and publication of all government decisions.
(b) Voting rights for everyone, regardless of status.
(c) The ability of anyone to run for legislative office.
(d) The ability of the people to elect at least one branch of the legislature.

Short Answer Questions

1. During the events presented in Chapter 10, what issue concerns Mason?

2. What type of government does Virginia's George Wythe support?

3. In Chapter Six, the Convention delegates decide the members of the National Senate are to be chosen by which procedure?

4. Who proposes the compromise on representation?

5. What is the first resolution of the New Jersey Plan?

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