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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the topic of Chapter I?
(a) Richard Daley's boyhood home.
(b) Richard Daley's daily routine.
(c) Richard Daley's political growth.
(d) Chicago's transformation under Richard Daley's rule.

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

3. What personal relationship was Richard Daley maintaining that gave him the incentive to do well when he was working for Joe McDonough in the Cook County Treasurer's Office?
(a) He started doing business with Joe Kennedy.
(b) He began dating his future wife, Eleanor.
(c) He began working with a young politician named Adalai Stevenson.
(d) He served as liaison between Al Capone and his syndicate while he was in prison.

4. What did people have to do to stay safe in Chicago while Richard Daley was growing up?
(a) Wear safety helmets.
(b) Speak softly and carry a big stick.
(c) Stay in their own neighborhood with their own kind.
(d) Show courtesy to women and children.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What role did Joe McDonough play in shaping Richard Daley's political career?

2. What did Richard Daley persist in calling Chicago O'Hare International Airport?

3. Into what type of neighborhood was Richard Daley born?

4. Richard Daley and who else knew how many patronage jobs existed?

5. What was among the influences for which Vito Marzullo was well known?

(see the answer key)

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