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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I: Introduction to the Constitution.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of democracy is one in which the people elect officials in order to represent them in all aspects of government?
(a) Indirect.
(b) Direct.
(c) Federation.
(d) United.

2. The author stipulates that how many different kinds of democracy exist?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 1.
(d) 4.

3. 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) 5.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

4. If a person's preferred candidate is not elected, there will be another election in which that candidate has what option?
(a) Try again for election by a majority vote.
(b) Try only once more for election by a majority vote.
(c) Request a vote ballot recount be taken.
(d) Try again, but only for a different position.

5. 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) Alexander Hamilton.
(d) Benjamin Franklin.

Short Answer Questions

1. The first major document of the U.S. government was the Declaration of Independence which was signed in what year?

2. The Congress separated into the House of Representatives and the Senate is the result of a dispute termed what?

3. Some say the American government is one in which elected officials act on behalf of the people, or what Cullop says is the definition of what?

4. The government under the Articles of Confederation would be supervised by an assembly of people called a Congress, restricted in what fashion?

5. What is the Constitution a contract between?

(see the answer key)

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