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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What was among the influences for which Vito Marzullo was well known?
(a) Finding new political talent.
(b) Selecting judges.
(c) "Voting the graveyard."
(d) Eliminated political enemies.

4. 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.

5. Who was the president that Richard Daley supposedly helped to elect?
(a) Adalai Stevenson.
(b) John F. Kennedy.
(c) Lyndon Baines Johnson.
(d) Harry S. Truman.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom was Richard Daley most loyal according to Royko?

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. Why did some members of the Cook County Democratic Central Committee believe that Richard Daley was not suited for the position of Chairman?

4. 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?

5. If Chicagoans were disagreeable when they raised complaints to the city, how did Richard Daley regard their complaint?

(see the answer key)

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