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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What thoughts did Mr. Wilson express at the convention?
(a) Popular election will allow the people to mislead each other.
(b) Popular election will give people confidence in the government.
(c) Popular election will debase public discourse.
(d) Popular election will lead to a tyranny of the masses.

2. What kind of political thought was flourishing in the 1770s in America?
(a) Conservative political thought.
(b) Practical political thought.
(c) Aristocratic political thought.
(d) Radical political thought.

3. Which form of government includes a representative government without hereditary privilege?
(a) Representative democracy.
(b) Constitutional monarchy.
(c) Oligarchy.
(d) Republic.

4. What position did "Publius" advocate?
(a) Defending the new Constitution.
(b) Arguing against ratification of the Constitution.
(c) Attacking the new Constitution.
(d) Proposing an alternative to the Constitution.

5. Who proposed that government officers not receive salaries?
(a) George Washington.
(b) James Madison.
(c) Alexander Hamilton.
(d) Benjamin Franklin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Mr. Mason support at the convention?

2. How many branches of government did Mr. Madison propose be elected?

3. What was the dominant fear about the executive?

4. What was cut out when the Constitutional Convention doted down part of the Virginia Plan?

5. What reason did delegates give for Senators being elected in state legislatures?

(see the answer key)

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