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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 police review of his enemies activities.
(b) With a cup of cofee and a blintz.
(c) With a ride in his limo.
(d) With a kiss from his wife.

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

3. What was among the promises that Daley made during the campaign?
(a) He promised the sun will shine on all neighborhoods of Chicago, not just State Street.
(b) He promised that crime would be ended in Chicago.
(c) He promised jobs for everyone who wanted one.
(d) He promised a chicken in every pot.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Richard Daley's advice to city officials getting money on the sly?

2. What supplemental role did the Chicago Police Department perform for Richard Daley?

3. Who was among the more famous ward committeemen from the South Side of Chicago?

4. What was Richard Daley able to accomplish with the additional funding that the Republican Governor of Illinois granted to Chicago in 1956?

5. Why did Royko suggest that immigrants were tolerant of Richard Daley's abuses of power?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What infamous Chicago event took place in 1919 the day after Richard Daley graduated from his post-high school training and why was it important to Daley's story?

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

5. What was the motivation for Richard Daley to maintain segregation?

6. What is nepotism and how did Richard Daley use it?

7. What did Mike Royko believe will come of the memory of Richard Daley's reign as Mayor of Chicago?

8. Why, according to Mike Royko, were immigrants supportive of Richard Daley?

9. What were the three types of party officials in a precinct for the Cook County Democratic Party and what did they expect from their efforts?

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

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