Question 1
Hamilton's proposal concerning the assumption of state debts became law as a result of which of the following?
a. A political deal was struck by which the site for the nation's capital was to be on the Potomac River.
b. Having served under President Washington's command during the Revolutionary War, several opponents ofthe plan switched their votes out of a sense of duty.
c. President Washington met privately with Madison and Jefferson, and convinced them that their opposition tothe proposal was divisive.
d. A joint Senate-House subcommittee agreed that those states that had paid their debts would be taxed at alower rate than those whose debts were being assumed.
Question 2
tienne Condillac and other Enlightenment theorists of drama and poetry believed that
a. good drama and poetry were composed according to strict rules.
b. for drama and poetry to progress, they had to break with classical Greek and Roman models.
c. the individual artist should follow his or her imagination.
d. only aristocrats could compose truly great poetry and drama.
e. poetry had to plunge us into the original chaos of human nature.