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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The New Jersey Plan. Alexander Hamilton Makes his Speech. June 15-19..

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What question is considered at the first Saturday meeting of the quorum?
(a) What is the role of the executive in the new government?
(b) Who is president of the Convention?
(c) What type of government best suites America?
(d) What representation is used for Congress?

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

3. How does Rutledge and Butler believe representation is determined?
(a) By the number of babies born each year.
(b) By the physical area of the state, including parts of the Western Territory.
(c) By the number of citizens living within each state.
(d) By the amount of taxes paid to the National treasury.

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

5. In Chapter Seven, which delegate is described as being aware of the importance and significance of the Convention and its business?
(a) George Mason.
(b) Edmund Randolph.
(c) George Washington.
(d) Pierce Butler.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the Convention meet?

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

3. Why is indigence a bad word for most delegates to the Convention?

4. Why does Patterson of New Jersey ask for time in mid June?

5. As described in Chapter Four, what is the main focus of the delegates' debates?

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