9. Which of the following sentences from the text BEST expresses a theme of "Federalist No. 69"? a.
I PROCEED now to trace the real characters of the proposed Executive, as they are marked out in
the plan of the convention.
b. The first thing which strikes our attention is that the executive authority, with few exceptions, is
to be vested in a single magistrate.
In these circumstances there is a total dissimilitude between HIM and a king of Great Britain,
who is a HEREDITARY monarch, possessing the crown as a patrimony descendible to his heirs
forever.
d. The President of the United States would be an officer elected by the people for FOUR years, the
king of Great Britain is a perpetual and HEREDITARY prince.
c.