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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How were the various Chicago neighborhoods sustained economically?
(a) Each neighborhood was able to earn federal funds to support racial minorities.
(b) Each neighborhood had industrial plants to employ local residents.
(c) Each neighborhood had a core of entreprenuers who created jobs.
(d) Each neighborhood had a connection with organized crime and rum runners.

2. What role did Joe McDonough play in shaping Richard Daley's political career?
(a) He chose Daley as his Chief of Staff.
(b) He introduced Daley to his wife.
(c) He taught Daley the ins and outs of Chicago's political machine.
(d) He rented a room to Daley so he could get to work on time.

3. Richard Daley and who else knew how many patronage jobs existed?
(a) The Mayor of Chicago.
(b) No one.
(c) The President of the United States.
(d) The Governor of Illinois.

4. Why did Royko consider Richard Daley to be a believable father figure to Chicagoans?
(a) He frequently attended weddings and gave away the bride.
(b) He was like many fathers who worked long hours and said what he meant.
(c) He looked old and bald like a father.
(d) He liked sitting in a rocker during public meetings.

5. Royko reported that _______________ were most suspicious of Richard Daley.
(a) Illinois governors.
(b) Congressmen.
(c) Outsiders to Chicago.
(d) Republicans.

6. Why did Richard Daley make the unusual move?
(a) He wanted to show everyone that the Democrat Machine was going to tighten its control over Chicago.
(b) A new chairman might do what he did--replace Daley with himself.
(c) Many people in the previous administration did not trust Daley and thought him paranoid.
(d) He knew he would be spending long hours at work and wanted to cut down the time he was away from his family.

7. What was Richard Daley's unusual moral code?
(a) Thou shalt not speak ill of a fellow Democrat.
(b) Thou shalt not steal but though shalt not blow the whistle on anybody who does.
(c) I don't care what you do as long as I don't catch you doing it.
(d) Do as I say, not as I do.

8. What was one of Richard Daley's first achievements as mayor?
(a) He got federal funds to make Chicago streets part of the Interstate Highway system.
(b) He established a new affordable bus service to enhance mass transit.
(c) He won additional funds for Chicago public schools.
(d) He sought and received increased tax revenue through the Republican Governor of Illinois.

9. Upon what has Richard Daley's quick rise in political influence been credited?
(a) His unique skill as an orator to persuade even the most seasoned officeholder to take action.
(b) His membership in a club named the Hamburgs that spawned a number of successful Chicago politicians.
(c) His quiet and earnest work to help all voters get to the polls.
(d) His ability to see and negotiate his way through conflict.

10. How did Royko describe Richard Daley's response to political brawls in Chicago?
(a) He would ignore it had let it take its course.
(b) He'd sit in the middle of it all and and look as happy as a kid at a birthday party.
(c) He would take sides and use his power to crush his opponents.
(d) He would call a truce and negotiate between the warring factions.

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

12. What supplemental role did the Chicago Police Department perform for Richard Daley?
(a) It provided security for visiting dignitaries.
(b) It would accomany him to important public meetings.
(c) It acted as his spy division.
(d) It made itself available for security to the Democrat Party.

13. What talent of Richard Daley's earned him praise from Democrats around the country?
(a) His knack for organizing meetings.
(b) His ability to turn out votes.
(c) His ability to deliver stirring speeches.
(d) His ability to smear Republican opponents.

14. What defined the geographic areas of Chicago?
(a) Proximity to Lake Michigan.
(b) Political affiliations.
(c) Ethnicity.
(d) Architecture.

15. What did Richard Daley do through the evenings of the 1920's after he was finished with his day job with the City?
(a) He drove a truck delivering coal to factories.
(b) He wrote campaign speeches for Democrat dignitaries.
(c) He tended bar for several illegal speakeasies.
(d) He attended DePaul Law School.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Royko state disturbed Richard Daley?

2. Why is the Chicago race riot of 1919 an important event in Richard Daley's history?

3. How did ward committeemen use their influence to encourage participation in elections?

4. What is the name of a famous criminal that Mayor Big Bill Thompson allowed to walk freely through the streets of Chicago?

5. What public office traditionally rose through the Chicago Democratic political system?

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