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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. When they arrive, what is the most immediate problem for convention delegates?
(a) Finding a place to stay, because Philadelphia is very crowded.
(b) Electing a President.
(c) Earning re-election in their home districts.
(d) Personal funding, because city life is expensive.

2. What motion does the Committee of the Whole approve before they adjourn on the last day of May?
(a) The motion that the President should be elected by popular vote.
(b) The motion that the national legislature should have two branches.
(c) The motion that the President should be elected for life.
(d) The motion that the national legislature should have three branches.

3. Which state delegation split their vote on July second?
(a) Pennsylvania.
(b) Maryland.
(c) Georgia.
(d) New York.

4. Which state sends the most delegates to the Convention?
(a) Virginia.
(b) Delaware.
(c) New York.
(d) Pennsylvania.

5. Why does Edmund Randolph oppose a single executive?
(a) He feels a plural executive is more useful if the country is invaded by foreign troops.
(b) He believes a plural executive is better able to represent the different parts of the country.
(c) He feels a national government needs a different model for the executive than the model demonstrated by state governments.
(d) He believes a single executive is influenced by foreign governments.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do delegates see if they visit Carpenters' Hall?

2. What is Shay's Rebellion?

3. Who is called the "unsung hero" of the Convention?

4. In 1787, which American city reminds travelers of London?

5. In Chapter 11, which delegate reminds the Convention that because the states are commercial, they continue to be engaged in European politics?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

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

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

6. What is the difference between the European view of the forest and the American view of the forest?

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

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

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

10. What do the delegates to the Convention understand as the meaning of "democracy"?

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