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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What would Richard Daley do if he discovered one of his married, Catholic appointees was having an affair?
(a) He would see to it that his public service career in Chicago came to an end.
(b) He would get pictures of the officials indiscretions and use them to coerce his cooperation.
(c) He would ignore it if he was a popular official.
(d) He would encourge him to get marriage counceling.

2. 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 decision makers in Washington that he could support their plans.
(c) Begin new construction and present tangible proof to the voters that he is wasting no time in improving the city.
(d) Show the parents of school children that he wanted to improve education.

3. What was in the front and back of Richard Daley's house?
(a) Chicago police officers.
(b) A spacious lawn.
(c) Roman Catholic statuary.
(d) Fountains.

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

5. Why did Richard Daley earn a nickname while he was using public funding for various public works projects?
(a) He improved the downtown and lake front areas and upgraded O'Hare from a military airport to one of the nation's state of the art commercial airports.
(b) He was behind massive urban renewal developments in poor minority areas of Chicago.
(c) The country witnessed his tough political tactics first hand.
(d) He took personal risk in supporting Adalai Stevenson's nomination for a second run against President Eisenhower.

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

7. What was the profession of Mike Royko, author of "Boss: Richard J. Daley of Chicago"?
(a) Author and city official in Chicago.
(b) Author and television commentator with several Chicago television stations.
(c) First baseman for the Chicago Cubs.
(d) Author and newspaper columnist with three Chicago newspapers.

8. Who did Richard Daley usually see first when he arrived at his office?
(a) His chief of staff.
(b) His secretary.
(c) The Chief of Police.
(d) The press.

9. What kind of speaking style did Daley have?
(a) Rapid, pointed, and evasive.
(b) Coarse, blunt, and direct.
(c) Amusing, friendly, and relaxing.
(d) Smooth, soothing, and inspiring.

10. What was the first unusual decision that Richard Daley made after he was elected mayor?
(a) He had the door removed from his office to represent he would have an open administration.
(b) He maintained the chairmanship of the party while serving as mayor.
(c) He moved to a home next door to City Hall.
(d) He moved the mayor's office to the Chicago Democrat headquarters.

11. What was Richard Daley's unusual moral code?
(a) Do as I say, not as I do.
(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) Thou shalt not speak ill of a fellow Democrat.

12. Who was the president who appointed Abraham Marovitz and what year was it done?
(a) John F. Kennedy, 1963.
(b) Lyndon Baines Johnson, 1967.
(c) John F. Kennedy, 1961.
(d) Harry S. Truman, 1952.

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

14. Where did the Introduction first appear?
(a) New York Times.
(b) Chicago Tribune.
(c) Chicago Herald.
(d) Chicago Sun-Times.

15. What was one of the issues that members of the Democratic Central Committee used to oppose Richard Daley during his campaign to become Chairman of the Cook County Democratic Central Committee?
(a) Richard Daley was too liberal and too connected to new Democrats.
(b) Richard Daley wanted to limit the influence of the Federal Government.
(c) Richard Daley wanted to crack down harder on crime.
(d) Richard Daley favored immigration control.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long was Richard Daley on the city payroll?

2. How were many of the precinct committee positions earned through the years?

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

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

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

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