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

2. Who is called the "unsung hero" of the Convention?
(a) Charles Pinckney.
(b) Edmund Randolph.
(c) Elbridge Gerry.
(d) James Wilson.

3. 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.

4. Who is Guillaume Penn?
(a) A member of the Pennsylvania Congress who favors trade with the French.
(b) The founder of a French religious colony in Pennsylvania.
(c) The founder of the Pennsylvania Quakers, admired by the French.
(d) A French statesman who lives in Pennsylvania.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Robert Morris?

2. In Chapter Seven, which delegate is described as being aware of the importance and significance of the Convention and its business?

3. Which "firebrands" of the American Revolution are absent from the Convention?

4. Why is Thomas Jefferson absent from the Convention?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is New York City like in 1787?

2. Under the Articles of Confederation, what are some of the weaknesses of government?

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

4. What does General Washington write about in his letters to people back home in Virginia?

5. In Chapter Eight, why does Bowen include an anecdote from Pierce's Reliques?

6. What rules do Convention delegates agree upon?

7. Why is it significant that the Constitution ultimately requires no property qualifications for those who govern the country?

8. Why is the Sherman Compromise important?

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

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

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