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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter VII.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How often were Richard Daley's phones checked for bugs?
(a) Weekly.
(b) Twice a day.
(c) Daily.
(d) Twice a week.

3. What became the most consuming controversy during Richard Daley's first two terms as mayor?
(a) Ward committeemen turning in doctored election returns.
(b) Corruption in the police department.
(c) City planners using their positions to profit from real estate development.
(d) Segregation throughout the city's ethnic neighbor hoods.

4. How long was Richard Daley on the city payroll?
(a) Sporadically over five decades.
(b) At least the next 48 years.
(c) 53 years.
(d) 23 years as mayor.

5. What was Richard Daley's family background?
(a) Polish laborer.
(b) German farm stock.
(c) Irish Catholic.
(d) British gentry.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the result of Richard Daley's hard work with the Democratic Central Committee?

2. Richard Daley became connected with a judge named Abraham Lincoln Marovitz. How did they meet?

3. When did Richard Daley prepare for speeches he gave to civic organizations?

4. Who did Richard Daley help to get nominated for the 1956 Democratic candidate for president?

5. What did Richard Daley do if an ex-convict applied for a patronage job?

(see the answer key)

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