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

2. Why did delegates argue for a small senate?
(a) They thought it would make for debate that is more dignified.
(b) They thought it would give the large states fair representation.
(c) They thought it would make Senators more intimate and therefore more willing to compromise.
(d) They thought it would limit the influence of the executive.

3. Who proposed that government officers not receive salaries?
(a) Benjamin Franklin.
(b) George Washington.
(c) Alexander Hamilton.
(d) James Madison.

4. What subject were the delegates debating in Chapter 6?
(a) Whether government officers should receive pay.
(b) Whether the federal government should oversee state laws.
(c) Whether the executive should be singular or plural.
(d) Who should be eligible to vote in elections.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Gouverneur Morris argue concerning the question of whether the executive should be chosen by the legislature?

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

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

4. What power was missing from the Articles?

5. Which constituents did Dr. Johnson want to placate with the plan he advocated?

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