Q 01/05

James Madison was which number president of the United States?

A) 4th

B) 5th

C) 7th

D) 6th

Answer · why

A) 4th

He served from 1809 to 1817, between Jefferson and Monroe.

Q 02/05

Madison is popularly known by which paternal nickname?

A) Sage of Montpelier

B) The Great Compromiser

C) Father of the Constitution

D) Architect of the Republic

Answer · why

C) Father of the Constitution

He also drafted and pushed through the Bill of Rights.

Q 03/05

What was the name of Madison's plantation home in Virginia?

A) Monticello

B) Montpelier

C) Mount Vernon

D) Highland

Answer · why

B) Montpelier

His family moved into the newly built house in the early 1760s; he died there in 1836.

Q 04/05

Madison's proposal that formed the basis of the convention's debates was called what?

A) New Jersey Plan

B) Hamilton Plan

C) Connecticut Plan

D) Virginia Plan

Answer · why

D) Virginia Plan

It called for three branches and a bicameral Congress apportioned by population.

Q 05/05

With which two men did Madison write The Federalist Papers?

A) Aaron Burr and John Witherspoon

B) George Mason and Edmund Randolph

C) Thomas Jefferson and John Adams

D) Alexander Hamilton and John Jay

Answer · why

D) Alexander Hamilton and John Jay

The 85 essays appeared under the pseudonym Publius.