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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. Which delegate took the most comprehensive notes on the Convention meeting?
(a) Franklin.
(b) Morris.
(c) Washington.
(d) Madison.

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

3. 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 not paid.
(c) The executive is paid a percentage of his job before election.
(d) The executive is paid a fixed fee determined by Congress.

4. Which delegate is called "The Tall Boy" during the Continental Congress?
(a) Governor Morris.
(b) Rufus King.
(c) Thomas Jefferson.
(d) Elbridge Gerry.

5. Which state does not send a delegation to the Convention?
(a) Maryland.
(b) Rhode Island.
(c) New Hampshire.
(d) New Jersey.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bedford declare the small states do if the large states dissolve the Confederation?

2. Who writes that Rhode Island's absence from the Convention is insignificant in the face of the stated unity of the delegates?

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

4. Which delegate is the oldest?

5. As described in Chapter Four, what is the main focus of the delegates' debates?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the terms of Hamilton's plan for a republican government?

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

3. What is Alexander Hamilton's role in the events leading up to the 1787 Convention?

4. What are the "original principles" according to the delegates?

5. What is the relationship between France and America during the period of the Convention?

6. What does James Wilson mean by his statement that Federal liberty is to states what civil liberty is to individuals?

7. Why does Washington call sovereignty a "monster"?

8. What evidence does Bowen provide to show that the Convention delegates do not intend to reform society, but to create a government for society as it existed?

9. Why is the Sherman Compromise important?

10. What is the Committee of the Whole?

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