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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Richard Daley's family background?
(a) British gentry.
(b) Irish Catholic.
(c) German farm stock.
(d) Polish laborer.

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

3. When did Richard Daley prepare for speeches he gave to civic organizations?
(a) During free time he had over the week before he gave his speech.
(b) Over dinners with his wife.
(c) During weekends when he did not work.
(d) On his way to the speech.

4. Daley did not personally attack his opponent, but what was one of the things the Democratic Machine did during the election?
(a) It passed around Merriam's divorce papers in Catholic neighborhoods.
(b) It doctored documents that showed Daley's opponent stole public money for his business.
(c) It passed around photographs suggesting Daley's opponenet was having an illicit affair.
(d) It stole yard signs of Daley's opponent.

5. Into what type of neighborhood was Richard Daley born?
(a) German-Lutheran on the Northwest corner of Chicago.
(b) French-Catholic on the shores of Lake Michigan.
(c) Slavic-Orthodox on the Southest corner of Chicago.
(d) Irish-Catholic on the South-side of Chicago.

Short Answer Questions

1. What past time of Joe McDonough helped Richard Daley earn political status and why?

2. Upon what has Richard Daley's quick rise in political influence been credited?

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

4. Why did Royko consider Richard Daley to be a believable father figure to Chicagoans?

5. What were some of the other visible changes that Richard Daley made during his first year as mayor?

(see the answer key)

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