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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter Seven, which delegate is identified as "not consulted" on the vote to grant the national legislature veto power over all laws they deem improper?
(a) Edmund Randolph.
(b) George Washington.
(c) George Mason.
(d) Pierce Butler.

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

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

4. Where does the Convention meet?
(a) The White House.
(b) The Congressional buildings.
(c) The Pennsylvania State House.
(d) Washington, D.C..

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What two types of documents do Convention delegates have to guide their discussion of states' rights?

3. What American diversion does Chevalier de Chastelleux experience while in Connecticut?

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

5. Which late-arriving delegate is also governor of New Jersey?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Washington concerned about the Society of the Cincinnati meeting in Philadelphia at the same time as the Convention?

2. What are Lansing's arguments in favor of the New Jersey Plan?

3. Why is the Sherman Compromise important?

4. What kind of reception does John Adams receive in England?

5. What is the Committee of the Whole?

6. What arguments do James Madison present in his rebuttal of the New Jersey plan?

7. In Chapter Eight, why does Bowen include an anecdote from Pierce's Reliques?

8. Why does Washington call sovereignty a "monster"?

9. What are considered to be the disadvantages to having a single executive?

10. What are the terms of Hamilton's plan for a republican government?

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