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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Richard Daley's talent affect the 1948 election?
(a) He was able to organize campaign ralleys that helped Harry Truman win the presidential election.
(b) He knew how to use his office to raise funds.
(c) He developed campaign ads that made people believe that Thomas Dewey was planning to desegregate Chicago.
(d) His ability to turn out votes helped Harry Truman win the presidential election.

2. What did Royko state disturbed Richard Daley?
(a) Republicans.
(b) Public displays of immorality.
(c) Anti-war protestors.
(d) His friends being caught in corruption.

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

4. Who did Richard Daley help to get nominated for the 1956 Democratic candidate for president?
(a) John F. Kennedy.
(b) Harry Truman.
(c) Dwight D. Eisenhower.
(d) Adalai Stevenson.

5. To what or whom did Royko compare Richard Daley's character?
(a) A kindly father figure.
(b) John F. Kennedy.
(c) George Washington.
(d) The City of Chicago.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year was Richard Daley born?

2. What were the issues that Richard Daley's opponent raised during the election before his fourth term?

3. What happened to segregation opponents who showed up at Richard Daley's house?

4. If Chicagoans were disagreeable when they raised complaints to the city, how did Richard Daley regard their complaint?

5. What was the result to Richard Daley from the unusual circumstance of Clarence Wagner dropping out of the contest for Chairman of the Cook County Democratic Central Committee?

(see the answer key)

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