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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did some members of the Cook County Democratic Central Committee believe that Richard Daley was not suited for the position of Chairman?
(a) Some saw him as too liberal.
(b) His professional background was considered to be to controversial.
(c) He was too conservative.
(d) He was thought to be indecisive.

2. If Chicagoans were disagreeable when they raised complaints to the city, how did Richard Daley regard their complaint?
(a) He tried not to get involved as the situation could become politically challenging.
(b) He would send the complaint to the appropriate committee.
(c) He would see to it that their situation got worse than when they registered their complaint.
(d) He would take extra care to see their complaint was answered.

3. According to Royko, What will be the most-remembered political legacy of Richard Daley?
(a) That he was kind and honest.
(b) That he was upright and consistent.
(c) That he presided over successful public works.
(d) That he was a political brawler.

4. Into what type of neighborhood was Richard Daley born?
(a) Slavic-Orthodox on the Southest corner of Chicago.
(b) French-Catholic on the shores of Lake Michigan.
(c) German-Lutheran on the Northwest corner of Chicago.
(d) Irish-Catholic on the South-side of Chicago.

5. Who was the president that Richard Daley supposedly helped to elect?
(a) Lyndon Baines Johnson.
(b) Harry S. Truman.
(c) John F. Kennedy.
(d) Adalai Stevenson.

6. What was Richard Daley's advice to city officials getting money on the sly?
(a) Read him his rights.
(b) Don't get caught.
(c) Cut me in.
(d) Find a lawyer.

7. What were some of the other visible changes that Richard Daley made during his first year as mayor?
(a) He established a new bus system, converted empty lots into city parks, and added a day to trash pick-up.
(b) He hired more cops and firemen, and he improved roads and street lighting.
(c) He hired more cops and firemen, converted empty lots into city parks, and established a new bus system.
(d) He improved roads and streets, established a new bus system, and added an additional day to trash pick-up.

8. What nickname did Richard Daley earn while national attention was focused on Chicago?
(a) "Daley the developer."
(b) "Dick the builder."
(c) "Dick the bruiser."
(d) "Richard the lionhearted."

9. What defined the geographic areas of Chicago?
(a) Proximity to Lake Michigan.
(b) Architecture.
(c) Ethnicity.
(d) Political affiliations.

10. How did Royko describe Richard Daley's response to political brawls in Chicago?
(a) He would call a truce and negotiate between the warring factions.
(b) He'd sit in the middle of it all and and look as happy as a kid at a birthday party.
(c) He would take sides and use his power to crush his opponents.
(d) He would ignore it had let it take its course.

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

12. Why is the Chicago race riot of 1919 an important event in Richard Daley's history?
(a) The violence forced his family to move where he made contacts that shaped his career.
(b) He was nearly killed in a counter attack that took place on the street where he lived.
(c) He used his negotiating skills to calm down competing gangs.
(d) He was rumoured to be a leader of one of the gangs involved in violence.

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

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

15. 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 encourge him to get marriage counceling.
(c) He would ignore it if he was a popular official.
(d) He would get pictures of the officials indiscretions and use them to coerce his cooperation.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What were the campaign issues pressed by the Republican candidate in the 1955 Chicago mayoral election?

3. Who was the Republican candidate opposing Richard Daley in the 1955 Chicago mayoral election?

4. What did Richard Daley present himself as in his first campaign for Mayor?

5. What were the qualifications that a ward committeeman had to prove to get appointed to the head of a city department?

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