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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 17-20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which form of government includes a king whose powers are limited by a statement of the laws?
(a) Representative democracy.
(b) Empire.
(c) Republic.
(d) Constitutional monarchy.

2. What was the Great Compromise?
(a) A bicameral legislature.
(b) Appoint judges for life, but allow them to be impeached.
(c) Bring Texas into the union as a slave state, and Missouri as free.
(d) The creation of the Electoral College.

3. What did James Madison argue with relation to the New Jersey Plan?
(a) It cannot settle arguments between the states.
(b) It will not protect small states from bigger states.
(c) It cannot support itself with tax revenue.
(d) It will give too much power to small states.

4. Which bodies were the delegates considering as electors of Representatives in the House?
(a) Property owners or free men.
(b) Special committees or state legislatures.
(c) State legislatures or the national senate.
(d) The people or state legislatures.

5. What did the New Jersey Plan allow the federal government to do?
(a) Support a Supreme Court.
(b) Maintain a standing army.
(c) Tax intra-state commerce.
(d) Regulate slavery.

Short Answer Questions

1. What position did "Publius" advocate?

2. Who was particularly concerned about the Virginia Plan?

3. What did Mr. Paterson argue about the New Jersey Plan?

4. What did George Mason say he feared, in his argument on June 4?

5. What did James Madison argue concerning the question of whether the executive should be chosen by the legislature?

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