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

2. What does Madison consider to be the usefulness of the Senate?
(a) The Senate is able to make decisions with more coolness, systematic procedure, and wisdom than the popularly elected branch of legislature.
(b) The Senate is able to counteract the decisions made by a popularly elected branch of legislature.
(c) The Senate is able to work more closely with the President because they have a similar perspective on American government.
(d) The Senate is able to discuss foreign matters with more authority because more Senators travel to Europe.

3. Which delegate is credited with being the strongest influence on the creation of the 1787 Convention?
(a) Patrick Henry.
(b) Rufus King.
(c) John Adams.
(d) Alexander Hamilton.

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

5. According to the Convention rules, how are questions to be decided?
(a) By a majority vote by delegates.
(b) By a unanimous vote of the delegates.
(c) By a vote of two-thirds of the delegates.
(d) By secret ballot.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the Virginia delegates do before a quorum of states arrive?

2. Who is Washington's aide-de-camp during the Revolutionary War?

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

4. What is the significance of May 25th?

5. Which delegate is the oldest?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does the Virginia Resolves propose?

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

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

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

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

7. What are Lansing's arguments in favor of the New Jersey Plan?

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

9. Why are Patrick Henry and Sam Adams absent from the Convention?

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

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