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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Tension Mounts. Europe and America..

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What is the significance of May 25th?
(a) That is the day the delegates from Virginia arrive.
(b) That is the day George Washington arrives.
(c) That is the day the Virginia Resolves are presented.
(d) That is the day the Convention officially opens.

4. What forms the basis of the Convention's procedure?
(a) The Articles of Confederation.
(b) The Virginia Resolves.
(c) The Pennsylvania Constitution.
(d) The Magna Carta.

5. Chapter Five describes which Virginia Resolve that is considered at the beginning of June?
(a) The ability for the President to veto measures.
(b) The institution of a national executive.
(c) The ability for Congress to tax the states.
(d) The method of representation within the legislature.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter Six, the Convention delegates decide the members of the National Senate are to be chosen by which procedure?

2. Who is Washington's aide-de-camp during the Revolutionary War?

3. A motion on which issue opens the discussion on June 20th?

4. How does Dr. Franklin arrive at the State House?

5. What do the Virginia delegates do before a quorum of states arrive?

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