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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did Richard Daley persist in calling Chicago O'Hare International Airport?
(a) The Airfield.
(b) The Chicago Airstrip.
(c) O'Hara.
(d) Kennedy International.

3. 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 liked sitting in a rocker during public meetings.
(c) He frequently attended weddings and gave away the bride.
(d) He looked old and bald like a father.

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

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

6. How did Richard Daley's day begin and end?
(a) With a cup of cofee and a blintz.
(b) With a ride in his limo.
(c) With a police review of his enemies activities.
(d) With a kiss from his wife.

7. Why did Richard Daley make the unusual move?
(a) He knew he would be spending long hours at work and wanted to cut down the time he was away from his family.
(b) A new chairman might do what he did--replace Daley with himself.
(c) Many people in the previous administration did not trust Daley and thought him paranoid.
(d) He wanted to show everyone that the Democrat Machine was going to tighten its control over Chicago.

8. 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 took personal risk in supporting Adalai Stevenson's nomination for a second run against President Eisenhower.
(c) He was behind massive urban renewal developments in poor minority areas of Chicago.
(d) The country witnessed his tough political tactics first hand.

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

10. How were many of the precinct committee positions earned through the years?
(a) Through hard work or devotion.
(b) Through family connections or nepotism.
(c) Through winning public support for a cause or virtue.
(d) Through paying for favors or graft.

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

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

13. 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) Show courtesy to women and children.
(c) Stay in their own neighborhood with their own kind.
(d) Wear safety helmets.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. If Chicagoans were disagreeable when they raised complaints to the city, how did Richard Daley regard their complaint?

2. What happened to Richard Daley's chief opponent for Cook County Democratic Chairman shortly before the election?

3. What public office traditionally rose through the Chicago Democratic political system?

4. What was Richard Daley's family background?

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

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