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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What was Richard Daley able to accomplish with the additional funding that the Republican Governor of Illinois granted to Chicago in 1956?
(a) Begin new construction and present tangible proof to the voters that he is wasting no time in improving the city.
(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) Show the voters who could not afford a car that he would help them get to work.

5. How did Richard Daley regard suggestions from Independent members of the City Council?
(a) He would send his Chief of Staff to the council member to coerce his/her silence.
(b) He would fly into a purple rage and publicly humilate those who proposed them.
(c) He would contemplete them carefully upon their merits.
(d) He sent them to a subcomittee where they eventually die.

6. 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 started doing business with Joe Kennedy.
(b) He began dating his future wife, Eleanor.
(c) He began working with a young politician named Adalai Stevenson.
(d) He served as liaison between Al Capone and his syndicate while he was in prison.

7. Royko reported that _______________ were most suspicious of Richard Daley.
(a) Congressmen.
(b) Illinois governors.
(c) Republicans.
(d) Outsiders to Chicago.

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

9. What supplemental role did the Chicago Police Department perform for Richard Daley?
(a) It made itself available for security to the Democrat Party.
(b) It acted as his spy division.
(c) It would accomany him to important public meetings.
(d) It provided security for visiting dignitaries.

10. Why did Richard Daley visit the Democrat Party headquarters after city council meetings?
(a) He served as Democrat Party Chairman.
(b) He wanted to check what the marching orders were from the Party regulars.
(c) He owed the party his political allegiance.
(d) He needed the Party's help for his next election campaign.

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

12. 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.

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

14. Richard Daley had a role in getting Abraham Marovitz appointed to what position?
(a) The Supreme Court.
(b) The State Department.
(c) The Department of Defense.
(d) The U.S. Federal District Court.

15. What is the topic of Chapter I?
(a) Richard Daley's boyhood home.
(b) Chicago's transformation under Richard Daley's rule.
(c) Richard Daley's political growth.
(d) Richard Daley's daily routine.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was among the promises that Daley made during the campaign?

2. Daley did not personally attack his opponent, but what was one of the things the Democratic Machine did during the election?

3. Into what type of neighborhood was Richard Daley born?

4. Where were the headquarters of the Chicago Democrat Party in relation to Richard Daley's office?

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

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