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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 question is considered at the first Saturday meeting of the quorum?
(a) Who is president of the Convention?
(b) What type of government best suites America?
(c) What representation is used for Congress?
(d) What is the role of the executive in the new government?

2. Why does New Hampshire delay in sending delegates to the Convention?
(a) There is no money in the treasury to pay expenses.
(b) There are no delegates elected until after the Convention begins.
(c) The delegates are all participating in the Congressional session.
(d) The state government does not agree with the premises of the Convention.

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

4. What does the "pursuit of happiness" mean to the Convention delegates?
(a) A man has the potential to choose any occupation.
(b) A man is able to vote in all elections.
(c) A man rises according to his abilities and industry.
(d) A man engages in any type of private behavior as long as he is happy.

5. What is Shay's Rebellion?
(a) A rebellion by the colonists against the British rulers.
(b) A movement by Southern farmers to keep slavery in their states.
(c) A movement by the Massachusetts delegation to prevent the writing of a Constitution.
(d) A revolt by farmers in Western Massachusetts angered over taxation by leaders in Boston.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the Convention rules, how many states make a quorum?

2. Which state comes prepared to oppose proportional representation?

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

4. Why is indigence a bad word for most delegates to the Convention?

5. Which delegate is beloved by the French?

Short Essay Questions

1. Under the Articles of Confederation, what are some of the weaknesses of government?

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

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

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

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

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

7. What is the Committee of the Whole?

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

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

10. What is New York City like in 1787?

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