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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 25-28.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What thoughts did Mr. Wilson express at the convention?
(a) Popular election will allow the people to mislead each other.
(b) Popular election will give people confidence in the government.
(c) Popular election will debase public discourse.
(d) Popular election will lead to a tyranny of the masses.

2. What did delegates debate on June 6?
(a) How to declare war.
(b) How to elect members of the House.
(c) How to limit the executive's power.
(d) How to appoint judges.

3. What kind of representation did James Madison advocate?
(a) Representation by person.
(b) Representation by revenue.
(c) Representation by state.
(d) Representation by state size.

4. Where should budget bills start, according to the compromise?
(a) In the House of Representatives.
(b) In the executive.
(c) In the Senate.
(d) In the Supreme Court.

5. What kind of rulers did James Madison believe the country needed?
(a) Leaders with frontier experience.
(b) Old world aristocrats.
(c) Wise, virtuous individuals.
(d) Innocent, smart individuals.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Edmund Randolph present to the delegates?

2. Where did James Madison argue government legitimacy came from?

3. What was the original proposal for the residency requirement for citizenship?

4. What was eliminated from the Constitution draft?

5. How would government service be seen if government officers did not receive salaries, in the opinion of the man who proposed this?

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