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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who was the last elected Chicago Mayor before Richard Daley?
(a) Dan Rostenkowski.
(b) Martin Kennelly.
(c) Vito Marzullo.
(d) Robert Merriam.

3. What would happen to ward committeemen if they did not deliver votes on election day?
(a) They lost their position with the Cook County Democratic Central Committee.
(b) Their precinct lost funding for projects he requested.
(c) He would end up, "sleeping with the fishes."
(d) The Democratic Party poured more campaign funds in his area for the next election.

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) Harry Truman held up a copy of the Chicago Tribune that announced, "Dewey Defeats Truman!"
(c) The Democratic National Convention.
(d) Vice President Richard Nixon's "Kitchen Debate" with Nikita Nikita Khrushchev.

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

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

7. How did Richard Daley's talent affect the 1948 election?
(a) His ability to turn out votes helped Harry Truman win the presidential election.
(b) He developed campaign ads that made people believe that Thomas Dewey was planning to desegregate Chicago.
(c) He knew how to use his office to raise funds.
(d) He was able to organize campaign ralleys that helped Harry Truman win the presidential election.

8. In what year did Richard Daley win the Chairmanship of the Cook County Democratic Party?
(a) 1948.
(b) 1955.
(c) 1953.
(d) 1942.

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

10. What was the result of Richard Daley's hard work with the Democratic Central Committee?
(a) Chicago became the model of political efficiency.
(b) Influence of Republicans was almost eliminated.
(c) Street repairs for Chicago received sufficient funding.
(d) Crime was reduced dramatically.

11. In what year did Richard Daley earn a position in the Cook County Democratic Central Committee?
(a) 1936.
(b) 1954.
(c) 1942.
(d) 1968.

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 began working with a young politician named Adalai Stevenson.
(c) He started doing business with Joe Kennedy.
(d) He began dating his future wife, Eleanor.

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

14. To whom was Richard Daley most loyal according to Royko?
(a) Family, neighbors, old buddies, the corner grocer.
(b) Former teachers, businessmen, mothers and veterans.
(c) Croney's, lobbyists, politicians and presidents.
(d) Athletes, celebrities, the wealthy and oil sheiks.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many patronage jobs did Vito Marzullo have for his precinct?

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

3. What was Richard Daley's family background?

4. In Chicago City Hall, Richard Daley was known by all of the following except:

5. What did people have to do to stay safe in Chicago while Richard Daley was growing up?

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