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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 43-45, Appendices I and II.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many delegates signed the Constitution?
(a) All but thirteen.
(b) All of them.
(c) All but twenty-three.
(d) All but three.

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

3. What did the Pennsylvania dissenters recommend to the Constitutional Convention?
(a) Trial by jury in property conflicts.
(b) A standing army that would still exist in peacetime.
(c) Limitations on the expansion of the United States.
(d) Trial by jury in all federal cases.

4. What was Mr. Mason's fear regarding the House of Representatives?
(a) He feared that it would not be able to compete with the Senate.
(b) He feared that it would be run by illiterate farmers.
(c) He feared that it was not truly representative.
(d) He feared that it did not have enough power to combat the executive.

5. Why did delegates argue for a judicial veto power?
(a) To correct bad laws.
(b) To prevent corruption.
(c) To prevent bad executive judgment.
(d) To protect small states.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the Pennsylvania dissenters' primary objection to the Constitution?

2. Who was the "Federal Farmer"?

3. What did Madison and Jefferson want to do about judges?

4. Who was "Brutus"?

5. What argument did James Madison make concerning the fear of a centralized government?

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