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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 is the delegates' decision regarding the location of a fixed seat for the national government?
(a) The decision is left to Congress.
(b) The first President chooses where government is located.
(c) A new area, known as Washington, is created.
(d) Government continues moving between major Eastern cities.

2. By August 30th, what date has been set for the final adjournment?
(a) August 31st.
(b) September 31st.
(c) September 1st.
(d) No date has been set.

3. Who founded the Ohio Company and sells shares to congressmen?
(a) James Wilson.
(b) Elbridge Gerry.
(c) Manasseh Cutler.
(d) George Washington.

4. Which delegate proposes that the positive vote of seven states constitutes ratification of the Constitution?
(a) James Madison.
(b) David Carroll.
(c) James Wilson.
(d) Pierce Butler.

5. Which delegate voices a moral defense of slavery?
(a) Benjamin Franklin.
(b) Edmund Randolph.
(c) Charles Pinckney.
(d) Elbridge Gerry.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is merchant Jonas Phillips opposed to a test oath for government officers?

2. Why is a permanent location for the new government more important than it is for the old government?

3. Why are Philadelphia's artisans and mechanics in favor of the Constitution?

4. Oliver Ellsworth argues that which state should ratify the Constitution or risk being overtaken by New York?

5. In Chapter 21, what does George Mason want to be included in the Constitution?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the Committee of Style and Arrangement?

2. What are the differences between living conditions along the Atlantic coastline and in the interior country or back land?

3. Why does Franklin argue that delegates approve the Constitution even if they have objections?

4. Why is slavery an issue at the Convention?

5. How is Washington's character described by his contemporaries?

6. What are the arguments presented against including a Bill of Rights in the Constitution?

7. Why is the insertion of the phrase "We the People of the United States" considered to be both a bold move and a smart decision?

8. How are George Washington and James Wilson connected to the Western Territories?

9. Why does Randolph decline to sign the Constitution?

10. Why is ratification an important issue?

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