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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Besides protesters, who else did security forces target for harassment during the 1968 Democratic National Convention?
(a) Organizers who were not at the protest sites.
(b) Sidewalk merchants.
(c) Spectators of the events.
(d) News reporters.

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

3. Who did Richard Daley usually see first when he arrived at his office?
(a) His secretary.
(b) The Chief of Police.
(c) His chief of staff.
(d) The press.

4. If Chicagoans were disagreeable when they raised complaints to the city, how did Richard Daley regard their complaint?
(a) He tried not to get involved as the situation could become politically challenging.
(b) He would send the complaint to the appropriate committee.
(c) He would see to it that their situation got worse than when they registered their complaint.
(d) He would take extra care to see their complaint was answered.

5. What motivated racial violence to intensify?
(a) A firetruck with all white fireman ran over a black woman and killed her.
(b) Martin Luther King was assassinated.
(c) The hotel for the Los Angeles Dodgers denied rooms to the African-American members of the team.
(d) The bodies of three civil rights volunteers were found at a construction site on the outskirts of Chicago.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Richard Daley able to accomplish with the additional funding that the Republican Governor of Illinois granted to Chicago in 1956?

2. What was Richard Daley's family background?

3. What race-related issue did Richard Daley face during his early second term?

4. How did Royko describe Richard Daley's response to political brawls in Chicago?

5. What would happen to ward committeemen if they did not deliver votes on election day?

(see the answer key)

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