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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Royko state disturbed Richard Daley?
(a) Republicans.
(b) Anti-war protestors.
(c) Public displays of immorality.
(d) His friends being caught in corruption.

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

3. What was Richard Daley's advice to city officials getting money on the sly?
(a) Don't get caught.
(b) Read him his rights.
(c) Find a lawyer.
(d) Cut me in.

4. What was in the front and back of Richard Daley's house?
(a) A spacious lawn.
(b) Chicago police officers.
(c) Roman Catholic statuary.
(d) Fountains.

5. How did Richard Daley regard suggestions from Independent members of the City Council?
(a) He would fly into a purple rage and publicly humilate those who proposed them.
(b) He would contemplete them carefully upon their merits.
(c) He would send his Chief of Staff to the council member to coerce his/her silence.
(d) He sent them to a subcomittee where they eventually die.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the Introduction first appear?

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

3. In what year did Richard Daley die?

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

5. In his earlier years as Chicago Mayor, Richard Daley walked down Michigan Avenue to greet people. Why did he stop the practice?

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