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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, Thomas Jefferson: the Aristocrat as Democrat.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the Constitution based upon?
(a) Fragments of English political philosophy.
(b) European tradition mixed with revolutionary philosophy.
(c) Greek and Roman political philosophy.
(d) Experience and observation.

2. Why were the Founders willing to let selfish men follow their own interests?
(a) They understood the nature of man.
(b) They did not want to control behavior with the government.
(c) They thought man was inherently good.
(d) They did not want to control the law.

3. According to the Founders, power should be divided vertically between which two groups?
(a) The federal government and the states.
(b) The military and the private sector.
(c) The legislature and the judicial system.
(d) Congress and the President.

4. Why were the Founders hesitant to establish a new monarchy?
(a) Too many different philosophies existed to choose one man.
(b) A monarch rules in his own interests.
(c) One man could not run a country effectively.
(d) There was no royal bloodline from which to choose a King.

5. What lifestyle did Thomas Jefferson abhor?
(a) Agrarian.
(b) Industrial.
(c) Mercantile.
(d) Frontier.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the Founders plan for legislature to be processed?

2. According to the Founders, what could use private vices to produce public benefits?

3. With what class were most of the Founders associated?

4. What type of balance were the Founders attempting to create?

5. With what political party was Alexander Hamilton associated?

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