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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 is Edmund Randolph?
(a) Governor of New York.
(b) Governor of New Jersey.
(c) Governor of Virginia.
(d) Governor of New Hampshire.

2. What is the outcome of the vote over the New Jersey plan?
(a) The states unanimously vote against the New Jersey Plan.
(b) The states unanimously agree upon the New Jersey Plan.
(c) In a seven to three vote, the states chose the New Jersey Plan.
(d) In a seven to three vote, the states chose the Virginia Plan.

3. At the beginning of the Convention, Governor Morris reads a letter from whom?
(a) Thirteen officers from Cincinnati.
(b) Thirteen delegates from New Hampshire.
(c) Thirteen merchants from Rhode Island.
(d) Thirteen Congressmen.

4. On July second, what question does the delegates vote on?
(a) Do states elect their Senators through a popular vote?
(b) Are additional states allowed into the Union?
(c) Are states allowed to engage in trade with Europe?
(d) Do states have an equal vote in the Senate?

5. Where does the Convention meet?
(a) Washington, D.C..
(b) The Pennsylvania State House.
(c) The White House.
(d) The Congressional buildings.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which state comes prepared to oppose proportional representation?

2. What does Madison consider "a clear principle of free government"?

3. What metaphor does John Dickinson use to describe his view of American government?

4. What does Madison consider to be the usefulness of the Senate?

5. Why does Edmund Randolph oppose a single executive?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why is the Sherman Compromise important?

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

4. What is the Committee of the Whole?

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

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

7. 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?

8. What are the "original principles" according to the delegates?

9. Why is there an argument over the issue of a single executive?

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

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