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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long was Richard Daley on the city payroll?
(a) At least the next 48 years.
(b) Sporadically over five decades.
(c) 23 years as mayor.
(d) 53 years.

2. What did people have to do to stay safe in Chicago while Richard Daley was growing up?
(a) Show courtesy to women and children.
(b) Stay in their own neighborhood with their own kind.
(c) Speak softly and carry a big stick.
(d) Wear safety helmets.

3. What is a campaign tactic that Richard Daley used against all of his election opponents?
(a) On election day he had public works projects on streets for polling sites in precincts where he feared losing.
(b) The Chicago Democrat Machine spread scandalous stories about the opponent that was either false or irrelevant, but Daley kept himself detatched from the stories.
(c) He campaigned door-to-door in precincts where he was polling behind his opponent.
(d) He would have public debates against the opponent and stack the audience in his favor.

4. 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) Irish-Catholic on the South-side of Chicago.
(d) French-Catholic on the shores of Lake Michigan.

5. What were some of the other visible changes that Richard Daley made during his first year as mayor?
(a) He improved roads and streets, established a new bus system, and added an additional day to trash pick-up.
(b) He established a new bus system, converted empty lots into city parks, and added a day to trash pick-up.
(c) He hired more cops and firemen, and he improved roads and street lighting.
(d) He hired more cops and firemen, converted empty lots into city parks, and established a new bus system.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Richard Daley able to accomplish with the additional funding that the Republican Governor of Illinois granted to Chicago in 1956?

2. What caused an outbreak of fires and looting on Chicago's West Side African-American neighborhoods during Richard Daley's fourth term?

3. What did Richard Daley do through the evenings of the 1920's after he was finished with his day job with the City?

4. What past time of Joe McDonough helped Richard Daley earn political status and why?

5. In what year was Richard Daley born?

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