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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. What was among the influences for which Vito Marzullo was well known?
(a) "Voting the graveyard."
(b) Eliminated political enemies.
(c) Selecting judges.
(d) Finding new political talent.

2. Daley did not personally attack his opponent, but what was one of the things the Democratic Machine did during the election?
(a) It doctored documents that showed Daley's opponent stole public money for his business.
(b) It stole yard signs of Daley's opponent.
(c) It passed around photographs suggesting Daley's opponenet was having an illicit affair.
(d) It passed around Merriam's divorce papers in Catholic neighborhoods.

3. What are patronage jobs?
(a) Make-work jobs that have no real function.
(b) The name for jobs that have no other definition.
(c) Public jobs that are issued through political connections.
(d) Service jobs that the government must provide.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is the Chicago race riot of 1919 an important event in Richard Daley's history?

2. What organizations gave Richard Daley his most loyal support?

3. What is the name of a famous criminal that Mayor Big Bill Thompson allowed to walk freely through the streets of Chicago?

4. In his earlier years as Chicago Mayor, Richard Daley walked down Michigan Avenue to greet people. Why did he stop the practice?

5. Upon what has Richard Daley's quick rise in political influence been credited?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was Abraham Lincoln Marovitz and how did he become acquainted with Richard Daley?

2. What event caused violence to increase during protests against Chicago's segregation?

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

4. What was Richard Daley's first achievement as Mayor of Chicago in 1956?

5. Who was Mike Royko and what was his interest in Richard Daley?

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

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

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

9. What law enforcement order did Richard Daley make during riots that broke out after the assassination of Martin Luther King?

10. What did a grand jury report on Richard Daley's 68th birthday?

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