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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Western Territory, the Land Companies and the Northwest Ordinance. Manasseh Cutler..

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which delegate elegantly rebuts Paterson's defense of the New Jersey plan?
(a) Alexander Hamilton.
(b) James Wilson.
(c) Charles Pinckney.
(d) George Washington.

2. What type of government does Virginia's George Wythe support?
(a) A weak national government.
(b) A monarchy.
(c) Continuation of the confederation.
(d) A strong national government.

3. Why is indigence a bad word for most delegates to the Convention?
(a) The delegates are concerned that European countries realize the states need assistance in paying off their debts.
(b) The delegates are fearful of becoming poor themselves.
(c) The delegates associate poverty with laziness.
(d) The delegates believe that the indigent population rebels against their decisions at any moment.

4. What does Bowen consider the most striking feature of the New Jersey Plan?
(a) Two branches of legislature.
(b) Creation of a single legislative chamber where states vote equally, regardless of size or wealth.
(c) The executive is removed by impeachment.
(d) There is a single executive.

5. Which delegate opens the Convention's "main business"?
(a) James Madison.
(b) Benjamin Franklin.
(c) Edmund Randolph.
(d) Alexander Hamilton.

Short Answer Questions

1. What reason does Mason give as Hamilton's reason for leaving the Convention?

2. According to the Convention rules, how are questions to be decided?

3. What is important about the reading of state credentials?

4. What American diversion does Chevalier de Chastelleux experience while in Connecticut?

5. What metaphor does John Dickinson use to describe his view of American government?

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