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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was Richard Daley's unusual moral code?
(a) Thou shalt not steal but though shalt not blow the whistle on anybody who does.
(b) Thou shalt not speak ill of a fellow Democrat.
(c) Do as I say, not as I do.
(d) I don't care what you do as long as I don't catch you doing it.

3. What would ward committeemen do if they could not win election to an additional public office?
(a) They were given prime jobs running city departments.
(b) They would make additional money running a protection racket through the Chicago Police Department.
(c) They would operate their own business that was given preferential treatment by the city government.
(d) They would give themselves the best patronage jobs.

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

5. How were patronage jobs issued in Chicago?
(a) The mayor gave them to the precinct where he had the most friends.
(b) Applications were taken and candidates went through a stringent interview process.
(c) They were distributed to ward committeemen who delivered the highest voter turnout.
(d) They were bid upon by qualified candidates.

Short Answer Questions

1. How often were Richard Daley's phones checked for bugs?

2. What was one of Richard Daley's first achievements as mayor?

3. What major political event was guided by Richard Daley's leadership in 1956?

4. Why did some members of the Cook County Democratic Central Committee believe that Richard Daley was not suited for the position of Chairman?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

1. What were some of the things that police were involved in that made the Chicago Police Department corrupt?

2. What was the school that Richard Daley attended after high school and what sort of skills did that school teach?

3. How did Richard Daley respond to rumors of an anti-war faction planning to cause trouble at the 1968 Democrat National Convention?

4. What was the event that set the stage for violent confrontations at the 1968 Democrat National Convention scheduled for Chicago?

5. What did Richard Daley become to many immigrants according to Mike Royko?

6. What was Richard Daley's response when a commission ruled the Chicago Police Department was to treat African-Americans the same as whites?

7. How were Chicago neighborhoods like small towns when Richard Daley was growing up?

8. What was the Democratic Central Committee and how did Richard Daley become a part of it?

9. What did Richard Daley's 1971 election margin mean for his future influence over Chicago?

10. What effort was taken to prove that Chicago was rigidly segregated and what was the result?

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