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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter II.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Royko state disturbed Richard Daley?
(a) Public displays of immorality.
(b) Republicans.
(c) Anti-war protestors.
(d) His friends being caught in corruption.

2. What would Richard Daley do if he discovered one of his married, Catholic appointees was having an affair?
(a) He would ignore it if he was a popular official.
(b) He would see to it that his public service career in Chicago came to an end.
(c) He would encourge him to get marriage counceling.
(d) He would get pictures of the officials indiscretions and use them to coerce his cooperation.

3. What did Richard Daley leave behind after his death?
(a) A wife and three sons.
(b) A "gouging, grabbing, tripping" fight for his power.
(c) A modest home on the southside of Chicago.
(d) Huge public deficits that are still being paid off.

4. What was the first stop that Richard Daley made everyday?
(a) St. Peter's for Daily Mass.
(b) A convenience store for a newspaper and a cup of coffee.
(c) A local coffee shop for a doughnut.
(d) Chicago City Hall.

5. In his earlier years as Chicago Mayor, Richard Daley walked down Michigan Avenue to greet people. Why did he stop the practice?
(a) People who protested his power were a potential threat to his safety.
(b) The neighborhood became run-down and embarrassing.
(c) He moved to a new, spacious house which made a trip to Michigan for a walk impractical.
(d) The walk in the early morning air was hard on his declining health.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was in the front and back of Richard Daley's house?

2. Why is the Chicago race riot of 1919 an important event in Richard Daley's history?

3. What supplemental role did the Chicago Police Department perform for Richard Daley?

4. Why did Royko suggest that immigrants were tolerant of Richard Daley's abuses of power?

5. What was the profession of Mike Royko, author of "Boss: Richard J. Daley of Chicago"?

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