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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I: The Federal Convention of 1787, Chapter 1-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What did Mr. Mason support at the convention?
(a) Election by state legislatures.
(b) Appointment by the President.
(c) Election by the people.
(d) Election of Senators by Senators.

4. What did Edmund Randolph present to the delegates?
(a) The Virginia Plan.
(b) The Great Compromise.
(c) Articles of Confederation.
(d) The New Jersey Plan.

5. How many branches of government did Mr. Madison propose be elected?
(a) Three.
(b) Two.
(c) He proposed that all government positions should be elected.
(d) At least one.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Mr. Gerry think the country's current troubles came from?

2. What did Madison and Jefferson want to do about judges?

3. What did James Madison support?

4. What did the Southern economy rely on at the time of the constitutional convention?

5. Who wrote the introduction to this edition of "The Anti-Federalist Papers"?

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