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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 American diversion does Chevalier de Chastelleux experience while in Connecticut?
(a) Squirrel hunting.
(b) Clearing timber for farmland.
(c) Horse racing.
(d) Hunting wild turkey.

2. Which delegate chairs the committee that writes the Articles of Confederation?
(a) Alexander Hamilton.
(b) James Wilson.
(c) James Madison.
(d) John Dickinson.

3. Who is Washington's aide-de-camp during the Revolutionary War?
(a) Hamilton.
(b) King.
(c) Madison.
(d) Gerry.

4. Why isn't the Convention called the Constitutional Convention?
(a) The Constitution is not written until after the Convention is over.
(b) The Constitution is already drafted, and the Convention is held to discuss the draft.
(c) The Convention does not discuss the development of a Constitution.
(d) The initial purpose is to revise the Articles of Confederation, not to write a Constitution.

5. Why does Dr. Franklin argue for a plural executive?
(a) He believes a single executive becomes ill and unable to conduct public affairs.
(b) He believes a plural executive better reflects the interest of all the states.
(c) He wants to share the position with George Washington.
(d) He believes a single executive inflames the British.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the Convention opens, in which city is Congress meeting?

2. Which delegate is credited with being the strongest influence on the creation of the 1787 Convention?

3. What is the ever-present danger delegates do not discuss?

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

5. Which delegate is beloved by the French?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the Convention remove the word "national" from the first Virginia Resolve?

2. What does the Virginia Resolves propose?

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

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

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

6. What rules do Convention delegates agree upon?

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

8. Why is the Sherman Compromise important?

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

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

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