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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 acted as his spy division.
(c) It provided security for visiting dignitaries.
(d) It made itself available for security to the Democrat Party.

2. 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.

3. According to Royko, What will be the most-remembered political legacy of Richard Daley?
(a) That he was upright and consistent.
(b) That he presided over successful public works.
(c) That he was kind and honest.
(d) That he was a political brawler.

4. How often were Richard Daley's phones checked for bugs?
(a) Weekly.
(b) Twice a week.
(c) Twice a day.
(d) Daily.

5. What kind of speaking style did Daley have?
(a) Smooth, soothing, and inspiring.
(b) Amusing, friendly, and relaxing.
(c) Rapid, pointed, and evasive.
(d) Coarse, blunt, and direct.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to Richard Daley's chief opponent for Cook County Democratic Chairman shortly before the election?

2. Richard Daley had a role in getting Abraham Marovitz appointed to what position?

3. Why did Royko suggest that immigrants were tolerant of Richard Daley's abuses of power?

4. What was in the front and back of Richard Daley's house?

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

(see the answer key)

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