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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What supplemental role did the Chicago Police Department perform for Richard Daley?
(a) It would accomany him to important public meetings.
(b) It provided security for visiting dignitaries.
(c) It made itself available for security to the Democrat Party.
(d) It acted as his spy division.

2. Who did Richard Daley usually see first when he arrived at his office?
(a) His chief of staff.
(b) The press.
(c) His secretary.
(d) The Chief of Police.

3. What did Richard Daley persist in calling Chicago O'Hare International Airport?
(a) The Airfield.
(b) O'Hara.
(c) The Chicago Airstrip.
(d) Kennedy International.

4. What happened to Richard Daley's chief opponent for Cook County Democratic Chairman shortly before the election?
(a) He withdrew because of health reasons.
(b) He mysteriously disappeared.
(c) He died in an auto accident.
(d) He died of a heart attack.

5. When did Richard Daley prepare for speeches he gave to civic organizations?
(a) Over dinners with his wife.
(b) On his way to the speech.
(c) During free time he had over the week before he gave his speech.
(d) During weekends when he did not work.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the president that Richard Daley supposedly helped to elect?

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

3. In Chicago City Hall, Richard Daley was known by all of the following except:

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

5. What role did Joe McDonough play in shaping Richard Daley's political career?

(see the answer key)

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