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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Richard Daley able to accomplish with the additional funding that the Republican Governor of Illinois granted to Chicago in 1956?
(a) Begin new construction and present tangible proof to the voters that he is wasting no time in improving the city.
(b) Show the parents of school children that he wanted to improve education.
(c) Show decision makers in Washington that he could support their plans.
(d) Show the voters who could not afford a car that he would help them get to work.

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

3. Into what type of neighborhood was Richard Daley born?
(a) Slavic-Orthodox on the Southest corner of Chicago.
(b) German-Lutheran on the Northwest corner of Chicago.
(c) French-Catholic on the shores of Lake Michigan.
(d) Irish-Catholic on the South-side of Chicago.

4. Richard Daley became connected with a judge named Abraham Lincoln Marovitz. How did they meet?
(a) They met when Marovitz was prosecuting one of Daley's gangster friends.
(b) They met at the wedding of Daley and his wife.
(c) They met when Daley took his only defense stand against Marovitz.
(d) They met when Marovitz was a young prosecutor and Daley was a clerk in the City Council.

5. Upon what has Richard Daley's quick rise in political influence been credited?
(a) His unique skill as an orator to persuade even the most seasoned officeholder to take action.
(b) His ability to see and negotiate his way through conflict.
(c) His quiet and earnest work to help all voters get to the polls.
(d) His membership in a club named the Hamburgs that spawned a number of successful Chicago politicians.

Short Answer Questions

1. How were many of the precinct committee positions earned through the years?

2. In what year was Richard Daley born?

3. In his earlier years as Chicago Mayor, Richard Daley walked down Michigan Avenue to greet people. Why did he stop the practice?

4. What skills did Richard Daley learn in the Christian Brothers technical school?

5. Why did Richard Daley earn a nickname while he was using public funding for various public works projects?

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