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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What wine should be served first?
(a) White wine.
(b) Dessert wine.
(c) Red wine.
(d) Blush wine.

2. What misconceptions are there regarding wine?
(a) What kind is the most expensive.
(b) What kind to serve in which situation.
(c) What kind tastes the best.
(d) What kind is the most healthy.

3. When is any alcohol perceived to be better?
(a) When it is chilled.
(b) When it is consumed quickly.
(c) When served during a meal.
(d) When it is served in good crystal.

4. What was the purpose of tea in Europe, prior to becoming a popular drink?
(a) As an aphrodisiac.
(b) As an export.
(c) As a plant grown for aesthetic purposes.
(d) As a medicine.

5. What mushrooms are rare, prized, and very expensive?
(a) Truffles.
(b) Shitake.
(c) White Beech.
(d) Maitake.

6. How is nouvelle cuisine perceived?
(a) As fresher.
(b) As less flavorful.
(c) As a safe alternative to ethnic foods.
(d) As more flavorful.

7. Why do Arab nations favor coffee to alcohol?
(a) Alcohol is forbidden by the Koran.
(b) Coffee is a healthier choice.
(c) Coffee beans are a large export for the countries.
(d) Alcohol is not apetizing.

8. What type of food does Allende prefer?
(a) Food that does not move.
(b) Less calories in food.
(c) More ethnic foods.
(d) Smaller portions of food.

9. Which cheese tasted the best?
(a) The cheese factory.
(b) The grocery store.
(c) The processed cheese.
(d) Don Maurizio's.

10. Where do erotic qualities of vegetables rest?
(a) In scientific discovery.
(b) In tradition and habit.
(c) In the recipe in which the vegetable is cooked.
(d) In the eye of the beholder.

11. What do some birds and animal purposely do?
(a) Drink wine.
(b) Run into windows.
(c) Make wine.
(d) Become drunk on fermented fruits.

12. Why does Allende take dirt from Chile to her new home?
(a) To put on the ground in her new home.
(b) To try to grow forget-me-knots.
(c) To put in a time capsul in her new home.
(d) To keep in a bag to remember home.

13. What does Allende's mother realize while in Turkey?
(a) Turkish people do not drink wine.
(b) Turkey does not allow the production of wine.
(c) There was an over-abundance of wine.
(d) Good quality wine was difficult to find.

14. How does the clerk at the delicatessen suggest Allende fool her lover into believing he is eating the real mushroom?
(a) Less expensive mushrooms soaked in truffle oil.
(b) Washed olives soaked in truffle oil.
(c) Washed olives soaked in shitake oil.
(d) Washed olives soaked in Maitake oil.

15. Where was the cheese left during the last step of the process?
(a) In the shade.
(b) In an oven.
(c) In a vacuum container.
(d) In the refrigerator.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the forbidden fruits Allende is talking about?

2. Who developed the technique of distillation?

3. What is a cult that explores the possibilities of eroticism as a path to illumination?

4. Where does he invite her?

5. What are the positive aspects of nouvelle cuisine?

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