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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II: The Constitution Explained.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Drafting the Constitution was a difficult task, and there had to be how many main compromises in order to arrive at a final decision?
(a) 4.
(b) 5.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

2. When Cullop states the U.S. has a "government of the people, by the people, for the people," whom is he quoting?
(a) Abraham Lincoln.
(b) George Washington.
(c) Benjamin Franklin.
(d) Alexander Hamilton.

3. Under the Articles of Confederation, there would be what?
(a) A central power, but no executive or judiciary.
(b) A central power and executive, but no judiciary.
(c) No central power, executive, or judiciary.
(d) A central power, executive, and judiciary.

4. To be a member of the House of Representatives for any state having more than two representatives, the individual must live in the district within the state he or she represents, except for which two states?
(a) New Mexico, Nevada.
(b) New Mexico, North Dakota.
(c) Arizona, Utah.
(d) North Dakota, Nevada.

5. Whom was the final draft of the Constitution written by?
(a) Gouverneur Morris.
(b) Alexander Hamilton.
(c) John Jay.
(d) Benjamin Franklin.

Short Answer Questions

1. If a person's preferred candidate is not elected, there will be another election in which that candidate has what option?

2. Section 10 of Article I covers power that are denied to whom?

3. Some say the government of the U.S. is one in which the people are responsible for self-governing, or what Cullop calls what?

4. Who was the 16th President of the United States?

5. The federal government is based on the concept that it should benefit the majority, which means what?

(see the answer key)

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