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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 lead to a tyranny of the masses.
(b) Popular election will allow the people to mislead each other.
(c) Popular election will debase public discourse.
(d) Popular election will give people confidence in the government.

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

3. What did Mr. Pinckney think about slavery?
(a) That it was morally legitimate.
(b) That it was a practical matter of power.
(c) That it was the rock on which the nation could founder.
(d) That it was reprehensible.

4. What did Gouverneur Morris argue concerning the question of whether the executive should be chosen by the legislature?
(a) He argued that the executive should be appointed by the Supreme Court.
(b) He argued that the executive should be appointed by the Senate.
(c) He argued that the executive should be elected by the Congress.
(d) He argued that the executive should be elected by the people.

5. What subject were the delegates debating in Chapter 6?
(a) Whether the federal government should oversee state laws.
(b) Who should be eligible to vote in elections.
(c) Whether government officers should receive pay.
(d) Whether the executive should be singular or plural.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did James Madison support?

2. What did the Virginia Plan propose to do to the Articles?

3. What must the government use its power to protect the people from, in James Madison's opinion?

4. Delegates were trying to strike a balance in their decision about electing representatives for the House between what?

5. What did George Mason argue in the debate of June 4?

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