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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A Bill of Rights Rejected..

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Dr. Franklin argue for a plural executive?
(a) He wants to share the position with George Washington.
(b) He believes a single executive becomes ill and unable to conduct public affairs.
(c) He believes a single executive inflames the British.
(d) He believes a plural executive better reflects the interest of all the states.

2. 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 associate poverty with laziness.
(c) The delegates are fearful of becoming poor themselves.
(d) The delegates believe that the indigent population rebels against their decisions at any moment.

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

4. According to the Convention rules, how are questions to be decided?
(a) By secret ballot.
(b) By a majority vote by delegates.
(c) By a unanimous vote of the delegates.
(d) By a vote of two-thirds of the delegates.

5. What does the term "American" mean to William Priest?
(a) A white man descends from a native of Europe.
(b) Any person living in the New World.
(c) An Indian or one of the New World "aborigines".
(d) Someone who pledges to support the new government.

Short Answer Questions

1. Chapter Five describes which Virginia Resolve that is considered at the beginning of June?

2. Which delegate argues that the only requirement for a legislator is citizenship, with no restriction on the length of time the individual has been in America?

3. Who writes that Rhode Island's absence from the Convention is insignificant in the face of the stated unity of the delegates?

4. What does late-eighteenth-century Americans eat for breakfast?

5. What are foreign visitors to America surprised they don't see more frequently?

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