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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many patronage jobs did Vito Marzullo have for his precinct?
(a) 40.
(b) 400.
(c) 400 per zip code.
(d) 4000.

2. What did Richard Daley provide these organizations to maintain their support?
(a) He paid at the top of the scale in union wages and provided an unending stream of massive public works projects requiring union workers.
(b) He worked to get government grants to provide law enforcement officials with the most up-to-date weaponry and forensic equipment.
(c) He used public revenues to assure that the Chicago Public Schools System was fully funded and materials were easily made available.
(d) He influenced bowling alleys throughout Chicago to provide free league nights.

3. How did ward committeemen use their influence to encourage participation in elections?
(a) He would tell them, "Voting makes you as powerful as the people in elected office."
(b) He would tell them, "Voting helps you protect the freedoms for which you left your homeland."
(c) He would tell them, "Now that you are American it is you civic duty to vote."
(d) He would tell them, "If you don't vote, you might lose your public housing."

4. What major political event was guided by Richard Daley's leadership in 1956?
(a) President Dwight D. Eisenhower's announcement that he was running for re-election.
(b) The Democratic National Convention.
(c) Vice President Richard Nixon's "Kitchen Debate" with Nikita Nikita Khrushchev.
(d) Harry Truman held up a copy of the Chicago Tribune that announced, "Dewey Defeats Truman!"

5. What are two titles given to ward committeemen?
(a) "Our beloved leader" and "the clout."
(b) "Our beloved leader", and "the boss."
(c) "The clout", and "Mr. Big."
(d) "The chosen one" and "the fair haired boy."

6. When was the Introduction written?
(a) One day after Richard Daley died.
(b) After an interview of Daley's widow.
(c) After Daley won his last election.
(d) While Daley was convalescing in the hospital.

7. What did Richard Daley do if an ex-convict applied for a patronage job?
(a) Ignore their presence on the list.
(b) Verified with their sponsor that they are now clean.
(c) Checked to make sure that the police know where they are.
(d) Sent them a polite form letter telling them their quaifications will be considered.

8. Richard Daley had a role in getting Abraham Marovitz appointed to what position?
(a) The State Department.
(b) The Department of Defense.
(c) The Supreme Court.
(d) The U.S. Federal District Court.

9. What was the name of the lawyer who investigated the relationship between Daley and Marovitz?
(a) William Kunstler.
(b) Johnny Cochran.
(c) F. Lee Baily.
(d) Thurgood Marshall.

10. 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.

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

12. 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?
(a) He served as liaison between Al Capone and his syndicate while he was in prison.
(b) He started doing business with Joe Kennedy.
(c) He began dating his future wife, Eleanor.
(d) He began working with a young politician named Adalai Stevenson.

13. In earlier times how did ward committeemen win influence over immigrants?
(a) They dispatched henchmen to threaten them if they were not compliant.
(b) They helped them fill out papers and figure out their taxes and licenses.
(c) They helped them find homes and jobs.
(d) They helped them get the forms that helped to keep them in the country.

14. How old was Richard Daley when he became a precinct captain for a South Side ward?
(a) 35.
(b) 25.
(c) 21.
(d) 17.

15. Where were the headquarters of the Chicago Democrat Party in relation to Richard Daley's office?
(a) Near Comisky Park.
(b) In the public library.
(c) On the south side of Michigan Avenue.
(d) Across the street.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Richard Daley persist in calling Chicago O'Hare International Airport?

2. In what year did Richard Daley win the Chairmanship of the Cook County Democratic Party?

3. What past time of Joe McDonough helped Richard Daley earn political status and why?

4. What made the Cook County Democratic Central Committee so powerful?

5. Why did Royko suggest that immigrants were tolerant of Richard Daley's abuses of power?

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