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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the year of the election for Richard Daley's fourth term?
(a) 1966.
(b) 1967.
(c) 1970.
(d) 1965.

2. In what year did Richard Daley die?
(a) 1966.
(b) 1986.
(c) 1976.
(d) 1866.

3. What were the campaign issues pressed by the Republican candidate in the 1955 Chicago mayoral election?
(a) Corruption in the Police Department and the Democratic Machine.
(b) School funding and violent crime.
(c) Inconsistent garbage removal and government waste.
(d) Equal rights and desegregation.

4. What made the Cook County Democratic Central Committee so powerful?
(a) It was led by Adalai Stevenson.
(b) It set Democratic Party policy in Chicago and Cook County.
(c) It was directed from Washington, D.C.
(d) It had direct links to Harry Truman.

5. What did the election results for Richard Daley's fifth term mean for influence over the future of Chicago politics?
(a) The results meant that the coming political challenges would leave his influence subject to his successor.
(b) The results meant he could name his successor.
(c) Growing apathy began to overshadow all the events of his early career.
(d) Suspicion among Chicago politicians fueled Daley's paranoia and he began making strange decisions.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Richard Daley's family background?

2. Royko reported that _______________ were most suspicious of Richard Daley.

3. How did Richard Daley respond to the outbreaks?

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

5. How did Richard Daley diffuse the 1970 scandal involving the public officials?

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