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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the result of Dr. Franklin's speech on representation as described in Chapter Eight?
(a) Tempers cool and the delegates re-examine the issue.
(b) The delegates close discussion about representation and move to a different issue.
(c) The delegates adopt Dr. Franklin's recommendations.
(d) Tempers flare and the delegates adjourn to give everyone time to think.

2. Why does Edmund Randolph oppose a single executive?
(a) He feels a plural executive is more useful if the country is invaded by foreign troops.
(b) He believes a plural executive is better able to represent the different parts of the country.
(c) He believes a single executive is influenced by foreign governments.
(d) He feels a national government needs a different model for the executive than the model demonstrated by state governments.

3. As described in Chapter Four, what is the main focus of the delegates' debates?
(a) The rights of individual citizens.
(b) The rights of states.
(c) The rights of immigrants.
(d) The right to prepare a Constitution.

4. What is the outcome of the vote over the New Jersey plan?
(a) In a seven to three vote, the states chose the Virginia Plan.
(b) The states unanimously vote against the New Jersey Plan.
(c) The states unanimously agree upon the New Jersey Plan.
(d) In a seven to three vote, the states chose the New Jersey Plan.

5. In Chapter 10, which delegate makes a long speech about the lack of necessity for a Congress with two branches?
(a) James Madison.
(b) Alexander Hamilton.
(c) Luther Martin.
(d) George Washington.

6. In Chapter Four, what issue does James Wilson see as the heart of the problem surrounding government?
(a) Is it be over men or over states?
(b) Is it modeled after the British form of government?
(c) Is it be decided at the Convention?
(d) Does it represent all states equally?

7. How does Washington get his title of Commander in Chief?
(a) A popular vote elects him as General of the Continental Army.
(b) Congress elects him as General of the Continental Army.
(c) Washington is elected the Commander of the Convention.
(d) Washington is appointed as the Commander of the thirteen original colonies.

8. What does late-eighteenth-century Americans eat for breakfast?
(a) Breads and cereals.
(b) Squirrel ragout.
(c) "Relishes", including salt fish, ham, and bacon.
(d) Vegetable porridges.

9. What is the first resolution of the New Jersey Plan?
(a) That the Articles of Confederation are revised to make the federal Constitution adequate.
(b) That all states have equal representation in Congress.
(c) That a single executive governs the country.
(d) That a national government is established with a supreme legislative, judicial, and executive branches.

10. Which state comes prepared to oppose proportional representation?
(a) Pennsylvania.
(b) Delaware.
(c) New Jersey.
(d) New York.

11. What sound is prevalent in Philadelphia during the Convention?
(a) The hissing of steam engines.
(b) The clang of the printing press.
(c) Preachers preaching.
(d) The ringing of bells.

12. Which delegate is vehemently opposed to the clause in the Virginia Resolves that gives the national legislature authority to veto laws they judge improper?
(a) James Wilson.
(b) John Dickenson.
(c) Patrick Henry.
(d) Elbridge Gerry.

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

14. What does Madison consider to be the usefulness of the Senate?
(a) The Senate is able to discuss foreign matters with more authority because more Senators travel to Europe.
(b) The Senate is able to make decisions with more coolness, systematic procedure, and wisdom than the popularly elected branch of legislature.
(c) The Senate is able to counteract the decisions made by a popularly elected branch of legislature.
(d) The Senate is able to work more closely with the President because they have a similar perspective on American government.

15. 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) There is never a quorum of delegates.
(d) The Convention dissolving and the project being abandoned.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Robert Morris?

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

3. What is Shay's Rebellion?

4. The delegates decide that congressmen are to be paid how?

5. Why does New Hampshire delay in sending delegates to the Convention?

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