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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 delegates debate on June 6?
(a) How to appoint judges.
(b) How to limit the executive's power.
(c) How to declare war.
(d) How to elect members of the House.

2. What did Mr. Sherman argue during the debate over the length of Senatorial term-lengths?
(a) Long terms will preserve continuity in government.
(b) Long terms allow leaders to learn on the job.
(c) Short terms allow bad rulers to be removed.
(d) Short terms create perpetual campaigns.

3. 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) Who should be eligible to vote in elections.
(d) Whether the executive should be singular or plural.

4. What did delegates oppose in the Virginia Plan?
(a) Giving the states too much independence.
(b) Increasing the federal government's power.
(c) Giving populous states too much influence.
(d) Isolating America in the international community.

5. Where should budget bills start, according to the compromise?
(a) In the House of Representatives.
(b) In the Supreme Court.
(c) In the Senate.
(d) In the executive.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did delegates argue that Senators should be elected in state legislatures?

2. What reason did Mr. Mason give for the view he presented at the convention?

3. What did Edmund Randolph present to the delegates?

4. What did the Pennsylvania dissenters recommend to the Constitutional Convention?

5. Which committee recommendation did not make it into the Constitution?

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