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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How was Richard Daley's initial urban renewal effort accepted by those who who used the areas?
(a) Cubs fans were mildly inconvenienced, but hoped the changes would bring a World Series to the Friendly Confines.
(b) The indigents who frequented Halsted Street alleys were chased off and eventually resettled in Gary, Indiana.
(c) Residents in the Valley staged an uprising.
(d) Both the Irish and African American residents were suspicious at first but came to appreciate the efforts to improve and open their neighborhoods.

2. What skills did Richard Daley learn in the Christian Brothers technical school?
(a) Welding a pipefitting for plumbers.
(b) Typing and shorthand for a secretarial position.
(c) Jabbing and dodging for boxers.
(d) Smelting and extruding for iron workers.

3. Who was the last elected Chicago Mayor before Richard Daley?
(a) Robert Merriam.
(b) Martin Kennelly.
(c) Vito Marzullo.
(d) Dan Rostenkowski.

4. Who was the Democrat official who became a rival to Daley in his climb to the chairmanship of the Democratic Central Committee?
(a) Adlai Stevenson.
(b) Clarence Wager.
(c) Benjamin Adamowski.
(d) Paul Douglas.

5. Richard Daley had a role in getting Abraham Marovitz appointed to what position?
(a) The State Department.
(b) The Department of Defense.
(c) The Supreme Court.
(d) The U.S. Federal District Court.

Short Answer Questions

1. How often were Richard Daley's phones checked for bugs?

2. What became the most consuming controversy during Richard Daley's first two terms as mayor?

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

4. Who was the Republican candidate opposing Richard Daley in the 1955 Chicago mayoral election?

5. What was one of Richard Daley's first achievements as mayor?

(see the answer key)

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