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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Richard Daley became connected with a judge named Abraham Lincoln Marovitz. How did they meet?
(a) They met when Daley took his only defense stand against Marovitz.
(b) They met at the wedding of Daley and his wife.
(c) They met when Marovitz was prosecuting one of Daley's gangster friends.
(d) They met when Marovitz was a young prosecutor and Daley was a clerk in the City Council.

3. What is the relationship between the precinct captain and the ward committeeman in the Cook County Democratic Party?
(a) The precinct captain is the authority over the ward committeeman.
(b) The two are the same office.
(c) The two are unrelated.
(d) The ward committeeman is the authority of the precinct captain.

4. What defined the geographic areas of Chicago?
(a) Proximity to Lake Michigan.
(b) Architecture.
(c) Ethnicity.
(d) Political affiliations.

5. Upon what has Richard Daley's quick rise in political influence been credited?
(a) His unique skill as an orator to persuade even the most seasoned officeholder to take action.
(b) His quiet and earnest work to help all voters get to the polls.
(c) His membership in a club named the Hamburgs that spawned a number of successful Chicago politicians.
(d) His ability to see and negotiate his way through conflict.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where did the Introduction first appear?

3. Why did Richard Daley visit the Democrat Party headquarters after city council meetings?

4. What made the Cook County Democratic Central Committee so powerful?

5. What was the most important rule Richard Daley learned from Joe McDonough?

(see the answer key)

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