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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Life, Liberty and Property. The People at Large. The Method of Electing Congressmen. June 6-7..

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which delegate from South Carolina claims to have a plan similar to that presented by Edmund Randolph?
(a) James Madison.
(b) Charles Pinkney.
(c) Elbridge Gerry.
(d) John Adams.

2. Which delegate writes and publishes Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania to the Inhabitants of the British colonies?
(a) Pierce Butler.
(b) James Wilson.
(c) John Dickinson.
(d) Benjamin Franklin.

3. What convenience is just becoming fashionable at the time of the Convention?
(a) Plows.
(b) Buckles.
(c) Boots.
(d) Toothbrushes.

4. Why does New Hampshire delay in sending delegates to the Convention?
(a) The delegates are all participating in the Congressional session.
(b) The state government does not agree with the premises of the Convention.
(c) There are no delegates elected until after the Convention begins.
(d) There is no money in the treasury to pay expenses.

5. What is the ever-present danger delegates do not discuss?
(a) None of the New York delegates return once they leave.
(b) The choice of a single executive reminding people of the British monarchy.
(c) The Convention dissolving and the project being abandoned.
(d) There is never a quorum of delegates.

Short Answer Questions

1. What motion does the Committee of the Whole approve before they adjourn on the last day of May?

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

3. What is the Society of the Cincinnati?

4. When they arrive, what is the most immediate problem for convention delegates?

5. Which delegate is credited with being the strongest influence on the creation of the 1787 Convention?

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