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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Richard Daley visit the Democrat Party headquarters after city council meetings?
(a) He served as Democrat Party Chairman.
(b) He owed the party his political allegiance.
(c) He needed the Party's help for his next election campaign.
(d) He wanted to check what the marching orders were from the Party regulars.

2. 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.

3. What defined the geographic areas of Chicago?
(a) Political affiliations.
(b) Ethnicity.
(c) Proximity to Lake Michigan.
(d) Architecture.

4. Where were the headquarters of the Chicago Democrat Party in relation to Richard Daley's office?
(a) Near Comisky Park.
(b) On the south side of Michigan Avenue.
(c) Across the street.
(d) In the public library.

5. What major political event was guided by Richard Daley's leadership in 1956?
(a) Harry Truman held up a copy of the Chicago Tribune that announced, "Dewey Defeats Truman!"
(b) President Dwight D. Eisenhower's announcement that he was running for re-election.
(c) The Democratic National Convention.
(d) Vice President Richard Nixon's "Kitchen Debate" with Nikita Nikita Khrushchev.

Short Answer Questions

1. How large and what was the make up of the security detail for the 1968 Democratic National convention?

2. What are patronage jobs?

3. What was in the front and back of Richard Daley's house?

4. What would ward committeemen do if they could not win election to an additional public office?

5. Where did the Introduction first appear?

(see the answer key)

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