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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 35-38.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What reason did Mr. Mason give for the view he presented at the convention?
(a) Representation should be the one fully democratic part of government.
(b) Democracy was dangerous for a country without precedents.
(c) The people could not be trusted to govern themselves.
(d) The populace needed power but they also needed to be checked.

2. What was James Wilson calling for in his speech to the Pennsylvania legislature?
(a) Judiciary oversight of the executive.
(b) Ratification of the Constitution.
(c) Revision of the Constitution.
(d) States rights.

3. What did all the delegates at the federal convention agree on?
(a) The importance of a strong central government.
(b) The rights of a king.
(c) Government by consent.
(d) Laissez-faire economic policy.

4. What was the Pennsylvania dissenters' primary objection to the Constitution?
(a) A free government cannot govern so large and disparate an area.
(b) The lack of a bill of rights.
(c) The strength of the federal government.
(d) The lack of restrictions on the government's ability to tax the people.

5. What did James Wilson argue concerning the Constitution's provision for a standing army?
(a) He said that it was no different from under the Articles.
(b) He argued that without power to quarter troops, the army would not be a threat.
(c) He said that the executive would be closely reined in by the judiciary.
(d) He said that Congress would keep the army in line.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which form of government includes a king whose powers are limited by a statement of the laws?

2. What compromise did Mr. Gerry want to reject regarding the ratification of the Constitution?

3. What kind of rulers did James Madison believe the country needed?

4. What argument did James Madison make concerning the fear of a centralized government?

5. What powers did Mr. Mason argue the Congress should not have?

(see the answer key)

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