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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What event took place in Chicago during April that foretold conflict at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago?
(a) Senator Bobby Kennedy was assassinated.
(b) A large peace march was held in Chicago in the Loop area.
(c) Martin Luther King was assassinated.
(d) Eugene McCarthy's primary victories invigorated the antiwar movement.

2. What happened to segregation opponents who showed up at Richard Daley's house?
(a) A firetruck was dispatched to scatter the gathering with its fire hoses.
(b) The gathering was joined by neighborhood supporters who considered segregation in Chicago unjust.
(c) Police forces arrived to arrest all that were involved.
(d) His neigbors pelted them with rocks.

3. Where did Daley choose to begin his urban renewal projects?
(a) Along Waveland Avenue near Wrigley Field.
(b) West Halsted Street near the Chicago International Amphitheatre where the 1968 Democrat National Convention was eventually held.
(c) An old Italian neighborhood known as the Valley.
(d) On the south side between Daley's Irish Catholic birthplace and an African-American neighborhood.

4. Who was the president that Richard Daley supposedly helped to elect?
(a) Adalai Stevenson.
(b) Harry S. Truman.
(c) Lyndon Baines Johnson.
(d) John F. Kennedy.

5. How did Richard Daley diffuse the 1970 scandal involving the public officials?
(a) Daley claimed to repay the Cook County Democratic campaign funds.
(b) Daley claimed to repay the public funds from his bank account.
(c) Daley transfered a few police commanders and vowed to reform the department.
(d) He hired a political adviser who guided him in responding to claims he was losing his mental edge.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Richard Daley put his scandal behind him, what two political victories did he achieve?

2. Why did some members of the Cook County Democratic Central Committee believe that Richard Daley was not suited for the position of Chairman?

3. How were the various Chicago neighborhoods sustained economically?

4. What discrepancy was committed by public officials in 1970 that caused problems for the Daley Administration?

5. What was among the promises that Daley made during the campaign?

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