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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 the delegates argue concerning the question of whether the judiciary should be able to veto legislation?
(a) That the judiciary would thereby acquire legislative power.
(b) That the executive would be rendered powerless.
(c) That the executive would thereby attain control over the legislature through the judiciary.
(d) That the judiciary would become the most powerful branch of government.

2. How much of the Virginia Plan was accepted?
(a) Most of it.
(b) A few key provisions.
(c) None of it.
(d) All of it.

3. What was the objection to democracy at the constitutional convention?
(a) The danger of foreign influence.
(b) The threat of mob rule.
(c) The threat of concentrated executive power.
(d) The problems with devising a scheme of representation.

4. Who was DeWitt in reality?
(a) A Massachusetts Anti-Federalist.
(b) A Virginian Anti-Federalist.
(c) A New York Anti-Federalist.
(d) A Rhode Island Federalist.

5. What did the delegates argue concerning the question of whether the judiciary should be associated with the executive?
(a) That the executive alone should choose judges.
(b) That the separation of powers would foster isolationism.
(c) That the judiciary should be a sub-function of the legislature.
(d) That the executive and judiciary should be allied.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the South want the Constitution to regulate trade?

2. What powers did Mr. Mason argue the Congress should not have?

3. What were the delegates debating in Chapter 3?

4. What was eliminated from the Constitution draft?

5. What method of ratification did Oliver Ellsworth advocate?

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