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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What would ward committeemen do if they could not win election to an additional public office?
(a) They were given prime jobs running city departments.
(b) They would make additional money running a protection racket through the Chicago Police Department.
(c) They would give themselves the best patronage jobs.
(d) They would operate their own business that was given preferential treatment by the city government.

2. What did people have to do to stay safe in Chicago while Richard Daley was growing up?
(a) Speak softly and carry a big stick.
(b) Wear safety helmets.
(c) Show courtesy to women and children.
(d) Stay in their own neighborhood with their own kind.

3. According to Royko, What will be the most-remembered political legacy of Richard Daley?
(a) That he presided over successful public works.
(b) That he was a political brawler.
(c) That he was kind and honest.
(d) That he was upright and consistent.

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

5. Who was the last elected Chicago Mayor before Richard Daley?
(a) Martin Kennelly.
(b) Dan Rostenkowski.
(c) Vito Marzullo.
(d) Robert Merriam.

Short Answer Questions

1. What finally forced Richard Daley to hear the demands of Martin Luther King?

2. What was Richard Daley's unusual moral code?

3. How did Richard Daley respond to the outbreaks?

4. What resulted from the high ranking personnel change that came to Daley at the beginning of his fourth term?

5. What tactic did segregation opponents use to point out the problem of segregation in Chicago?

(see the answer key)

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