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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What would ward committeemen do if they could not win election to an additional public office?
(a) They would give themselves the best patronage jobs.
(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 were given prime jobs running city departments.

2. When did Richard Daley prepare for speeches he gave to civic organizations?
(a) During weekends when he did not work.
(b) During free time he had over the week before he gave his speech.
(c) On his way to the speech.
(d) Over dinners with his wife.

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

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

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

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

7. 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.

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

9. What was Richard Daley's family background?
(a) Polish laborer.
(b) British gentry.
(c) German farm stock.
(d) Irish Catholic.

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

11. What was the reputation of the mayor who preceded Richard Daley?
(a) He was too stingy with patronage jobs.
(b) He was a weak token.
(c) He was too easy on non-voting immigrants.
(d) He was too easy on Republicans.

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

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

14. What is the name of a famous criminal that Mayor Big Bill Thompson allowed to walk freely through the streets of Chicago?
(a) John Dillinger.
(b) "Pretty Boy" Floyd.
(c) Bugs Moran.
(d) Al Capone.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Richard Daley usually see first when he arrived at his office?

2. What was Richard Daley's advice to city officials getting money on the sly?

3. How old was Richard Daley when he became a precinct captain for a South Side ward?

4. What were some of the other visible changes that Richard Daley made during his first year as mayor?

5. When Joe McDonough was elected to County Treasurer, what happened to Richard Daley?

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