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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 proposes the compromise on representation?
(a) Elbridge Gerry.
(b) Roger Sherman.
(c) John Rutledge.
(d) James Wilson.
2. Which state sends the most delegates to the Convention?
(a) Virginia.
(b) New York.
(c) Delaware.
(d) Pennsylvania.
3. What is the result of Dr. Franklin's speech on representation as described in Chapter Eight?
(a) Tempers cool and the delegates re-examine the issue.
(b) The delegates close discussion about representation and move to a different issue.
(c) The delegates adopt Dr. Franklin's recommendations.
(d) Tempers flare and the delegates adjourn to give everyone time to think.
4. In 1787, which American City still shows the effects of the Revolutionary War?
(a) New York City.
(b) Philadelphia.
(c) Boston.
(d) Trenton, New Jersey.
5. Who is elected secretary of the Convention?
(a) James Madison of Virginia.
(b) Alexander Hamilton of New York.
(c) Robert Morris of Pennsylvania.
(d) Major Jackson of South Carolina.
Short Answer Questions
1. On July second, what question does the delegates vote on?
2. During the events presented in Chapter 10, what issue concerns Mason?
3. Who writes the Virginia Act approving a Federal Convention?
4. Which delegate opens the Convention's "main business"?
5. What kind of veto power does the Convention delegates finally grant to the executive?
Short Essay Questions
1. What do the delegates see as the difference between a federal and a national government?
2. What is the difference between the European view of the forest and the American view of the forest?
3. Why is it significant that the Constitution ultimately requires no property qualifications for those who govern the country?
4. What does James Wilson mean by his statement that Federal liberty is to states what civil liberty is to individuals?
5. What rules do Convention delegates agree upon?
6. Why are some people uncomfortable with Benjamin Franklin's ideas about government?
7. In Chapter Eight, why does Bowen include an anecdote from Pierce's Reliques?
8. Why is the Sherman Compromise important?
9. Under the Articles of Confederation, what are some of the weaknesses of government?
10. What arguments do James Madison present in his rebuttal of the New Jersey plan?
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