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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Richard Daley visit the Democrat Party headquarters after city council meetings?
(a) He served as Democrat Party Chairman.
(b) He owed the party his political allegiance.
(c) He wanted to check what the marching orders were from the Party regulars.
(d) He needed the Party's help for his next election campaign.

2. If Chicagoans were disagreeable when they raised complaints to the city, how did Richard Daley regard their complaint?
(a) He would send the complaint to the appropriate committee.
(b) He would see to it that their situation got worse than when they registered their complaint.
(c) He would take extra care to see their complaint was answered.
(d) He tried not to get involved as the situation could become politically challenging.

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

4. Where did Daley choose to begin his urban renewal projects?
(a) West Halsted Street near the Chicago International Amphitheatre where the 1968 Democrat National Convention was eventually held.
(b) On the south side between Daley's Irish Catholic birthplace and an African-American neighborhood.
(c) Along Waveland Avenue near Wrigley Field.
(d) An old Italian neighborhood known as the Valley.

5. In what year did Richard Daley win the Chairmanship of the Cook County Democratic Party?
(a) 1942.
(b) 1953.
(c) 1955.
(d) 1948.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the first unusual decision that Richard Daley made after he was elected mayor?

2. What was one of the issues that members of the Democratic Central Committee used to oppose Richard Daley during his campaign to become Chairman of the Cook County Democratic Central Committee?

3. What did Richard Daley do if an ex-convict applied for a patronage job?

4. How did most Chicagoans consider the corruption within the department?

5. What nickname did Richard Daley earn while national attention was focused on Chicago?

(see the answer key)

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