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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) Finding new political talent.
(c) Selecting judges.
(d) Eliminated political enemies.

2. Who was the president who appointed Abraham Marovitz and what year was it done?
(a) John F. Kennedy, 1963.
(b) Lyndon Baines Johnson, 1967.
(c) Harry S. Truman, 1952.
(d) John F. Kennedy, 1961.

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

4. In Chicago City Hall, Richard Daley was known by all of the following except:
(a) The Man on the Fifth.
(b) Duh Mare.
(c) Hizzoner.
(d) The Big Guy.

5. What was the result of Richard Daley's hard work with the Democratic Central Committee?
(a) Influence of Republicans was almost eliminated.
(b) Street repairs for Chicago received sufficient funding.
(c) Crime was reduced dramatically.
(d) Chicago became the model of political efficiency.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom was Richard Daley most loyal according to Royko?

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

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

4. In what year did Richard Daley win the Chairmanship of the Cook County Democratic Party?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Who opposed Richard Daley's candidacy for Cook County Democratic Chairman, and how did Daley end up getting the position?

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

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

4. How did Richard Daley become a candidate for his first election and for what party was he elected?

5. What were some of the events that happened over the years along the route Richard Daley took to work?

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

7. What were three scandals that plagued the Chicago Police Department in 1959 and 1960?

8. How did Richard Daley deal with scandals and inefficiencies within the city departments in Chicago?

9. What was Richard Daley's strategy regarding dirty campaigning?

10. Who did Richard Daley appoint to get corruption under control and what were his qualifications?

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