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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. What did William Paterson offer the convention?
(a) The New Jersey Plan.
(b) The Great Compromise.
(c) The Missouri Compromise.
(d) The Virginia Plan.

2. What complaints were lodged against the proposal to elect Senators in state legislatures?
(a) It would over-represent the small states.
(b) It would create a plutocracy.
(c) It would dissipate federal power among the states.
(d) It would give too much power to large states.

3. How much of the Virginia Plan was accepted?
(a) None of it.
(b) All of it.
(c) A few key provisions.
(d) Most of it.

4. Which form of government includes a king whose powers are limited by a statement of the laws?
(a) Constitutional monarchy.
(b) Republic.
(c) Empire.
(d) Representative democracy.

5. What thoughts did Mr. Madison express on the topic of elections during debate at the convention?
(a) He said that elections are a step in dissolving government.
(b) He said that elections are too important to trust to the people.
(c) He said that elections are essential for free government.
(d) He said that elections could be bought too easily to be trusted.

Short Answer Questions

1. How would government service be seen if government officers did not receive salaries, in the opinion of the man who proposed this?

2. How did the New Jersey Plan resolve the question of the relationship of state laws to federal laws?

3. Why did many delegates support one resolution to this question?

4. What did Edmund Randolph present to the delegates?

5. What did Mr. Mason propose in his arguments of June 4?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Benjamin Franklin believe that government officers should not receive salaries?

2. What problems were Americans having with the Articles of Confederation?

3. Why was democracy unpopular?

4. Which delegates took positions on the term and election of the federal executive and what were their positions?

5. What was the Virginia Plan?

6. What needs did Governor Edmund Randolph of Virginia believe the Virginia Plan would satisfy that the Articles did not?

7. In what ways were delegates afraid of executive power?

8. What were the delegates' positions on the question of Senatorial term limits?

9. Who opposed the election of Senators by state legislatures, and why?

10. Describe George Mason's speech regarding the question of a single or plural executive.

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