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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was the result of an effort to prove that Richard Daley's neighbors were intolerant of segregating neighborhoods based on color?
(a) The Chicago School Board ignored the requests and kept the students in their assigned schools.
(b) Police opened up fire hoses and scattered the protestors.
(c) Business owners had the protestors arrested and took law suits against the leaders that organized the protests.
(d) A riot broke out in Mayor Daley's neighborhood and the African-American students were forced to move out after only a few days.

3. Why did a particular important figure frustrate Richard Daley during the period of protests against segregated neighborhoods?
(a) William Kunstler frustrated Daley because he was continually threatening legal action on the injustices Dr. King publicized.
(b) President Kennedy frustrated Daley because he did little to offer political support during the turmoil.
(c) Martin Luther King frustrated Daley because he had no control over Dr. King when he caused bad publicity with his protests.
(d) Police Chief Wilson frustrated Daley because he treated African-American protestors with a light touch, and per their agreement Wilson was the one official Daley could not boss around.

4. What was the most important rule Richard Daley learned from Joe McDonough?
(a) Don't call us, we'll call you.
(b) Keep a stiff upper lip.
(c) Don't get caught.
(d) Don't look back, something may be gaining on you.

5. How did most Chicagoans consider the corruption within the department?
(a) The became accustomed to ethnic neighborhoods to be the consequence of human nature.
(b) They realized that selling and buying property in Chicago was more costly than it was worth, so the market dried up.
(c) An increasing number of voters attempted to register as Republican.
(d) A natural part of Chicago.

Short Answer Questions

1. What nickname did Richard Daley earn while national attention was focused on Chicago?

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

3. What kind of speaking style did Daley have?

4. Who was the Democrat official who became a rival to Daley in his climb to the chairmanship of the Democratic Central Committee?

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

(see the answer key)

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