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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. Why does Dr. Franklin argue for a plural executive?
(a) He believes a single executive inflames the British.
(b) He believes a single executive becomes ill and unable to conduct public affairs.
(c) He wants to share the position with George Washington.
(d) He believes a plural executive better reflects the interest of all the states.

2. What does Madison consider "a clear principle of free government"?
(a) Voting rights for everyone, regardless of status.
(b) The announcement and publication of all government decisions.
(c) The ability of the people to elect at least one branch of the legislature.
(d) The ability of anyone to run for legislative office.

3. Who is elected secretary of the Convention?
(a) Alexander Hamilton of New York.
(b) Major Jackson of South Carolina.
(c) James Madison of Virginia.
(d) Robert Morris of Pennsylvania.

4. During the events presented in Chapter 10, what issue concerns Mason?
(a) The extensive powers being granted to Congress.
(b) The lack of progress made by delegates.
(c) The payment of a stipend to members of Congress.
(d) The use of the word "national".

5. What is Dr. Franklin's proposal for payment of the executive?
(a) The executive is not paid.
(b) The executive is paid a fixed fee determined by Congress.
(c) The executive is paid a percentage of his job before election.
(d) The executive is paid a fixed fee determined by state legislatures.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Thomas Jefferson absent from the Convention?

2. Chapter Five describes which Virginia Resolve that is considered at the beginning of June?

3. What sound is prevalent in Philadelphia during the Convention?

4. Who is elected the president of the Convention?

5. Who is called the "unsung hero" of the Convention?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why is there a secrecy rule at the Convention?

4. What characteristic and accomplishments make Rufus King the most impressive of the delegates from Massachusetts?

5. Why does the Convention remove the word "national" from the first Virginia Resolve?

6. Why is the Sherman Compromise important?

7. What rules do Convention delegates agree upon?

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

9. What does James Wilson mean by his statement that Federal liberty is to states what civil liberty is to individuals?

10. Why does Madison believe popular ratification of the Constitution is essential?

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