View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. To whom was Richard Daley most loyal according to Royko?
(a) Croney's, lobbyists, politicians and presidents.
(b) Family, neighbors, old buddies, the corner grocer.
(c) Former teachers, businessmen, mothers and veterans.
(d) Athletes, celebrities, the wealthy and oil sheiks.

3. What caused an outbreak of fires and looting on Chicago's West Side African-American neighborhoods during Richard Daley's fourth term?
(a) Daley ordering water to be cut off from fire hydrants in the area.
(b) Increased police abuse after the retirement of Police Chief Orlando Wilson.
(c) The assassination of Martin Luther King.
(d) The retirement of Police Chief Orlando Wilson.

4. What was the result of Richard Daley's hard work with the Democratic Central Committee?
(a) Influence of Republicans was almost eliminated.
(b) Crime was reduced dramatically.
(c) Street repairs for Chicago received sufficient funding.
(d) Chicago became the model of political efficiency.

5. What was the profession of Mike Royko, author of "Boss: Richard J. Daley of Chicago"?
(a) Author and city official in Chicago.
(b) Author and television commentator with several Chicago television stations.
(c) Author and newspaper columnist with three Chicago newspapers.
(d) First baseman for the Chicago Cubs.

Short Answer Questions

1. Into what type of neighborhood was Richard Daley born?

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

3. Why did Royko consider Richard Daley to be a believable father figure to Chicagoans?

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

5. What was the year of the election for Richard Daley's fourth term?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 486 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample