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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened when Richard Daley ran for his second term?
(a) The election ended in a draw and Daley ended up being selected by the Chicago City Council.
(b) Corruption and segregation caused him to be narrowly defeated by Robert Merriam.
(c) He was overwhelmingly re-elected.
(d) He chose to step aside and run for state senate.

2. Who was among the more famous ward committeemen from the South Side of Chicago?
(a) Adalai Stevenson.
(b) Abraham Marovitz.
(c) Vito Marzullo.
(d) Al Capone.

3. Who was the Democrat official who became a rival to Daley in his climb to the chairmanship of the Democratic Central Committee?
(a) Adlai Stevenson.
(b) Paul Douglas.
(c) Benjamin Adamowski.
(d) Clarence Wager.

4. What skills did Richard Daley learn in the Christian Brothers technical school?
(a) Smelting and extruding for iron workers.
(b) Jabbing and dodging for boxers.
(c) Typing and shorthand for a secretarial position.
(d) Welding a pipefitting for plumbers.

5. What was the label that was given to those who had similar views to Richard Daley in the Cook County Democratic Party?
(a) Young Thugs.
(b) The Neophytes.
(c) New Democrats.
(d) The Liberals.

6. What would ward committeemen do if they could not win election to an additional public office?
(a) They were given prime jobs running city departments.
(b) They would operate their own business that was given preferential treatment by the city government.
(c) They would make additional money running a protection racket through the Chicago Police Department.
(d) They would give themselves the best patronage jobs.

7. In what year was Richard Daley born?
(a) 1923.
(b) 1902.
(c) 1920.
(d) 1934.

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

9. What was Richard Daley able to accomplish with the additional funding that the Republican Governor of Illinois granted to Chicago in 1956?
(a) Show decision makers in Washington that he could support their plans.
(b) Begin new construction and present tangible proof to the voters that he is wasting no time in improving the city.
(c) Show the parents of school children that he wanted to improve education.
(d) Show the voters who could not afford a car that he would help them get to work.

10. How did Richard Daley's day begin and end?
(a) With a cup of cofee and a blintz.
(b) With a police review of his enemies activities.
(c) With a kiss from his wife.
(d) With a ride in his limo.

11. 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?
(a) Richard Daley was suspected of being corrupt and unworthy of trust for several years.
(b) Richard Daley became Chairman of the Cook County Democratic Party.
(c) Daley was both feared and respected by the hard fighting politicians in Chicago.
(d) Daley was seen as an uncouth opportunist who took advantage of the misfortunes of his political opponenets.

12. Richard Daley became connected with a judge named Abraham Lincoln Marovitz. How did they meet?
(a) They met when Marovitz was prosecuting one of Daley's gangster friends.
(b) They met when Marovitz was a young prosecutor and Daley was a clerk in the City Council.
(c) They met at the wedding of Daley and his wife.
(d) They met when Daley took his only defense stand against Marovitz.

13. What did Richard Daley present himself as in his first campaign for Mayor?
(a) He ran as a law and order candidate devoted to fighting crime.
(b) He ran as a skillful mediator who could handle conflicts.
(c) He presented himself as a hard-working family man.
(d) He ran as a fiscal conservative who would balance budgets.

14. 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 a core of entreprenuers who created jobs.
(c) Each neighborhood had industrial plants to employ local residents.
(d) Each neighborhood had a connection with organized crime and rum runners.

15. What did people have to do to stay safe in Chicago while Richard Daley was growing up?
(a) Show courtesy to women and children.
(b) Wear safety helmets.
(c) Speak softly and carry a big stick.
(d) Stay in their own neighborhood with their own kind.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the president who appointed Abraham Marovitz and what year was it done?

2. What is the topic for Chapter IV?

3. What personal relationship was Richard Daley maintaining that gave him the incentive to do well when he was working for Joe McDonough in the Cook County Treasurer's Office?

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

5. How did Richard Daley's talent affect the 1948 election?

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