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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 result of the Great Compromise?
(a) Every state has two Senators.
(b) Every state is able to abolish slavery.
(c) Every state is able to choose their own representation.
(d) Every state is able to participate in the National legislature.

2. Why does Franklin believe foreign-born citizens are allowed to serve in Congress?
(a) Their knowledge of commerce and trade in Europe helps a new government.
(b) Their choice to live in America indicates a depth of attachment to and affection for the country.
(c) Those who live elsewhere have more life experience to share.
(d) Foreign-born citizens are more likely to support a national government.

3. Oliver Ellsworth argues that which state should ratify the Constitution or risk being overtaken by New York?
(a) Connecticut.
(b) Rhode Island.
(c) Delaware.
(d) New Jersey.

4. On the last day, which delegate states he is determined to withhold his name from the Constitution?
(a) Charles Pinckney.
(b) Luther Martin.
(c) John Rutledge.
(d) Elbridge Gerry.

5. What is Deism?
(a) The practice of disagreeing with organized religion.
(b) A political movement advocating test oaths with a religious basis.
(c) A religious belief that god is to be found through belief, not revelation.
(d) The religious foundation for the state of Massachusetts.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which delegate argue that restrictions on the citizenship of legislators are left for Congress to decide?

3. What issue is most important for the states of Kentucky and Tennessee?

4. Which delegate is president of the Illinois-Wabash Land Company?

5. Who founded the Ohio Company and sells shares to congressmen?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why are test oaths an issue for the delegates?

2. What arguments do the Anti-federalists use in their opposition to the Constitution?

3. Why is Jonathan Smith's speech powerful?

4. What do Randolph and the other members of the Committee of Detail think are necessary elements for a well-composed Constitution?

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

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

7. Why do the delegates vote against adding the Bill of Rights to the Constitution?

8. What is the Committee of Style and Arrangement?

9. What is the difference between the British and American views of the farmer during the eighteenth century?

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

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