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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the Convention rules, how are questions to be decided?
(a) By a majority vote by delegates.
(b) By a unanimous vote of the delegates.
(c) By a vote of two-thirds of the delegates.
(d) By secret ballot.

2. What kind of veto power does the Convention delegates finally grant to the executive?
(a) Veto power subject to overrule by 1/2 of Congress.
(b) Absolute veto power.
(c) Veto power subject to overrule by 2/3 of Congress.
(d) No veto power.

3. As described in Chapter Four, what is the main focus of the delegates' debates?
(a) The rights of individual citizens.
(b) The rights of immigrants.
(c) The rights of states.
(d) The right to prepare a Constitution.

4. Why is Thomas Jefferson absent from the Convention?
(a) He does not want to leave his farm in Virginia.
(b) He is in New York, meeting with Congress.
(c) He is in London arranging treaties and dealing with foreign governments.
(d) He is in Paris arranging treaties and dealing with foreign governments.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What question is considered at the first Saturday meeting of the quorum?

2. In Chapter Four, what issue does James Wilson see as the heart of the problem surrounding government?

3. In Chapter Seven, which delegate is identified as "not consulted" on the vote to grant the national legislature veto power over all laws they deem improper?

4. Which issue tie up the Convention proceedings for days?

5. What does Bowen consider the most striking feature of the New Jersey Plan?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is the Sherman Compromise important?

2. What rules do Convention delegates agree upon?

3. How does the report of the Annapolis Commission lead to the meeting of the Convention?

4. What do the delegates see as the difference between a federal and a national government?

5. Why does the Convention remove the word "national" from the first Virginia Resolve?

6. What kind of reception does John Adams receive in England?

7. What does the Virginia Resolves propose?

8. Why are some people uncomfortable with Benjamin Franklin's ideas about government?

9. What do the delegates to the Convention understand as the meaning of "democracy"?

10. What do the delegates do when the Convention is not in session?

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