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

2. When the Convention opens, in which city is Congress meeting?
(a) New York City.
(b) Trenton, New Jersey.
(c) Boston.
(d) Philadelphia.

3. How does Dr. Franklin arrive at the State House?
(a) In a carriage.
(b) On foot.
(c) In a sedan chair.
(d) On horseback.

4. What do the Virginia delegates do before a quorum of states arrive?
(a) The delegates write 15 Resolves detailing a plan for government.
(b) The delegates craft a new Constitution for the United States.
(c) The delegates meet with delegates from other states to establish a common ground.
(d) The delegates draft 15 Articles of Confederation detailing a plan for government.

5. Who proposes the compromise on representation?
(a) Roger Sherman.
(b) Elbridge Gerry.
(c) James Wilson.
(d) John Rutledge.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What term do Americans use to describe the process of clearing the land of trees?

3. Which delegate from South Carolina claims to have a plan similar to that presented by Edmund Randolph?

4. In Chapter 11, which delegate reminds the Convention that because the states are commercial, they continue to be engaged in European politics?

5. Why is Thomas Jefferson absent from the Convention?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is there a secrecy rule at the Convention?

2. What characteristic and accomplishments make Rufus King the most impressive of the delegates from Massachusetts?

3. What is the Committee of the Whole?

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

5. What is the difference between the European view of the forest and the American view of the forest?

6. What arguments do James Madison present in his rebuttal of the New Jersey plan?

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

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

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

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

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