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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What race-related issue did Richard Daley face during his early second term?
(a) Segregated schools.
(b) Segregated public facilities.
(c) Segregated businesses.
(d) African-American discontent with segregated neighborhoods.

3. How did ward committeemen use their influence to encourage participation in elections?
(a) He would tell them, "Now that you are American it is you civic duty to vote."
(b) He would tell them, "Voting helps you protect the freedoms for which you left your homeland."
(c) He would tell them, "If you don't vote, you might lose your public housing."
(d) He would tell them, "Voting makes you as powerful as the people in elected office."

4. Royko reported that ___________ were not upset with Richard Daley's abuses of power.
(a) Chicagoans.
(b) Republicans.
(c) Presidents.
(d) Democrats.

5. In Chicago City Hall, Richard Daley was known by all of the following except:
(a) The Big Guy.
(b) Duh Mare.
(c) The Man on the Fifth.
(d) Hizzoner.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Richard Daley prepare for speeches he gave to civic organizations?

2. Why is the Chicago race riot of 1919 an important event in Richard Daley's history?

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

4. What did Richard Daley do if an ex-convict applied for a patronage job?

5. What were the qualifications that a ward committeeman had to prove to get appointed to the head of a city department?

(see the answer key)

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