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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 did James Madison argue concerning the question of whether the executive should be chosen by the legislature?
(a) He argued that the legislature should appoint the executive.
(b) He argued that the Supreme Court should appoint the executive.
(c) He argued that the legislature should elect the executive.
(d) He argued that the executive and the legislature should be kept separate.

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

3. What did the Virginia Plan propose to do to the Articles?
(a) Extend their authority for another ten years.
(b) Ratify them in Virginia.
(c) Discard them.
(d) Fix their flaws.

4. What kind of political thought was flourishing in the 1770s in America?
(a) Aristocratic political thought.
(b) Conservative political thought.
(c) Radical political thought.
(d) Practical political thought.

5. What were supporters of the residency requirement for citizenship afraid of?
(a) They were afraid that immigrants would send too much money back to their homelands.
(b) They were afraid that the national interest would be subverted by foreigners.
(c) They were afraid that uneducated people would vote in large numbers.
(d) They were afraid that the states would be able to suppress immigrant votes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did delegates oppose in the Virginia Plan?

2. How extensive were the changes the delegates made to the first draft of the Constitution?

3. What did the New Jersey Plan allow the federal government to do?

4. What is the current residency requirement for citizenship?

5. What did Alexander Hamilton want to protect the executive from?

(see the answer key)

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