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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did George Mason say he feared, in his argument on June 4?
(a) That government will degenerate into monarchy.
(b) That government will degenerate into a tool of businesses.
(c) That government will degenerate into mob rule.
(d) That government will not have enough funding.

2. 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 Senate.
(b) He argued that the executive should be appointed by the Supreme Court.
(c) He argued that the executive should be elected by the people.
(d) He argued that the executive should be elected by the Congress.

3. What power was missing from the Articles?
(a) Executive power.
(b) The power to amend the Articles.
(c) The power to regulate foreign trade.
(d) The power to conduct war.

4. What did Dr. Johnson advocate during the debate over federal power?
(a) Reducing the size of the federal government.
(b) Instituting a Supreme Court.
(c) Centralizing power in the federal government.
(d) Preserving state power.

5. Who was particularly concerned about the Virginia Plan?
(a) Populous states.
(b) Southern states.
(c) Large states.
(d) Small states.

Short Answer Questions

1. What complaints were lodged against the proposal to elect Senators in state legislatures?

2. What was the Great Compromise?

3. What deliberative body created a compromise between the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan?

4. What was the objection to constitutional monarchy at the constitutional convention?

5. What did James Madison recommend for the appointment of Supreme Court Justices?

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