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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Massachusetts. The People Speak..

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are foreign visitors to America surprised they don't see more frequently?
(a) Deer and wild life.
(b) Slaves.
(c) Poverty among white men.
(d) Forests and trees.

2. Who is Guillaume Penn?
(a) A member of the Pennsylvania Congress who favors trade with the French.
(b) The founder of a French religious colony in Pennsylvania.
(c) A French statesman who lives in Pennsylvania.
(d) The founder of the Pennsylvania Quakers, admired by the French.

3. In 1787, which American City still shows the effects of the Revolutionary War?
(a) Philadelphia.
(b) Boston.
(c) Trenton, New Jersey.
(d) New York City.

4. What is the ever-present danger delegates do not discuss?
(a) There is never a quorum of delegates.
(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) The Convention dissolving and the project being abandoned.

5. On the last day, which delegate states he is determined to withhold his name from the Constitution?
(a) John Rutledge.
(b) Charles Pinckney.
(c) Luther Martin.
(d) Elbridge Gerry.

Short Answer Questions

1. What question surrounds the division of the Western Territories?

2. Which delegate from South Carolina claims to have a plan similar to that presented by Edmund Randolph?

3. Who is named amanuensis for the Committee of Style and Arrangement?

4. Which delegate elegantly rebuts Paterson's defense of the New Jersey plan?

5. What is the delegates' decision regarding the location of a fixed seat for the national government?

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