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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. On July second, what question does the delegates vote on?
(a) Are states allowed to engage in trade with Europe?
(b) Do states have an equal vote in the Senate?
(c) Do states elect their Senators through a popular vote?
(d) Are additional states allowed into the Union?

2. According to the Convention rules, how many states make a quorum?
(a) Twelve.
(b) Seven.
(c) Three.
(d) Thirteen.

3. Who writes that Rhode Island's absence from the Convention is insignificant in the face of the stated unity of the delegates?
(a) Dr. Benjamin Franklin.
(b) Thomas Jefferson.
(c) James Madison.
(d) Dr. Benjamin Rush.

4. The delegates decide that congressmen are to be paid how?
(a) By fixed, moderate stipend from the national treasury.
(b) By a salary with annual raises based on longevity.
(c) By a fixed, moderate stipend from individual state treasuries.
(d) By a fixed salary equivalent to two-thirds of a typical merchant salary.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the result of Dr. Franklin's speech on representation as described in Chapter Eight?

2. Who writes the Virginia Act approving a Federal Convention?

3. What kind of veto power does the Convention delegates finally grant to the executive?

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

5. Who is Edmund Randolph?

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