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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Richard Daley persist in calling Chicago O'Hare International Airport?
(a) O'Hara.
(b) Kennedy International.
(c) The Airfield.
(d) The Chicago Airstrip.

2. How were many of the precinct committee positions earned through the years?
(a) Through hard work or devotion.
(b) Through winning public support for a cause or virtue.
(c) Through paying for favors or graft.
(d) Through family connections or nepotism.

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

4. What finally forced Richard Daley to hear the demands of Martin Luther King?
(a) Daley realized that he had to act to assuage the anger in segregated neighborhoods after Dr. King's assassination.
(b) Daley was impressed with Dr. King's vision from the speech.
(c) The arrest of Dr. King on the false charges threatened to bring down the Democrat Machine if Daley did not act.
(d) White voters became angry with the turmoil in their neighborhoods.

5. What did Richard Daley leave behind after his death?
(a) Huge public deficits that are still being paid off.
(b) A "gouging, grabbing, tripping" fight for his power.
(c) A wife and three sons.
(d) A modest home on the southside of Chicago.

Short Answer Questions

1. What became the most consuming controversy during Richard Daley's first two terms as mayor?

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

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

4. What was Richard Daley's family background?

5. What organizations gave Richard Daley his most loyal support?

(see the answer key)

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