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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Royko reported that _______________ were most suspicious of Richard Daley.
(a) Illinois governors.
(b) Republicans.
(c) Congressmen.
(d) Outsiders to Chicago.

2. What was Richard Daley able to accomplish with the additional funding that the Republican Governor of Illinois granted to Chicago in 1956?
(a) Show the parents of school children that he wanted to improve education.
(b) Show the voters who could not afford a car that he would help them get to work.
(c) Begin new construction and present tangible proof to the voters that he is wasting no time in improving the city.
(d) Show decision makers in Washington that he could support their plans.

3. In what year did Richard Daley die?
(a) 1976.
(b) 1986.
(c) 1866.
(d) 1966.

4. To what or whom did Royko compare Richard Daley's character?
(a) The City of Chicago.
(b) John F. Kennedy.
(c) George Washington.
(d) A kindly father figure.

5. In what year did Richard Daley earn a position in the Cook County Democratic Central Committee?
(a) 1936.
(b) 1968.
(c) 1942.
(d) 1954.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Daley choose to begin his urban renewal projects?

2. What happened to honest officials in the department that became troublesome for Richard Daley?

3. Royko reported that ___________ were not upset with Richard Daley's abuses of power.

4. What was Richard Daley's response after a commission recommended that the police should treat blacks the same as whites?

5. Where were the headquarters of the Chicago Democrat Party in relation to Richard Daley's office?

(see the answer key)

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