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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. How does Rutledge and Butler believe representation is determined?
(a) By the number of citizens living within each state.
(b) By the amount of taxes paid to the National treasury.
(c) By the number of babies born each year.
(d) By the physical area of the state, including parts of the Western Territory.

2. In Chapter 10, the delegates vote that senators are chosen by whom?
(a) Members of Congress.
(b) Citizens in a popular vote.
(c) State legislatures.
(d) The Chief Executive.

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

4. Which delegate is elected chairman of the Committee of the Whole?
(a) George Washington.
(b) Elbridge Gerry.
(c) Nathaniel Gorham.
(d) Chancellor Wythe.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of veto power does the Convention delegates finally grant to the executive?

2. Which delegate is the oldest?

3. Why is Thomas Jefferson absent from the Convention?

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

5. What do delegates see if they visit Carpenters' Hall?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does the Virginia Resolves propose?

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

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

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

8. In Chapter Five, which Resolves are postponed for later discussion?

9. Why is the Sherman Compromise important?

10. 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?

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