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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What magazine was Bill Buford a staff writer for, according to Chapter 1?
(a) "The New York Post."
(b) "The Washington Post."
(c) "The San Francisco Chronicles."
(d) "The New Yorker."

2. Where did Batali move to learn to cook under a matron?
(a) Spain.
(b) France.
(c) Germany.
(d) Italy.

3. What was Batali never able to find on TV?
(a) Good ingredients.
(b) A format that suited him.
(c) An audience.
(d) A good producer.

4. What large cities was the city Batali studied cooking between?
(a) Between Naples and Bologna.
(b) Between Bologna and Florence.
(c) Between Rome and Florence.
(d) Between Milan and Verona.

5. What magazine did Bill Buford found?
(a) "Bon Appetit Magazine."
(b) "Food Magazine."
(c) "Granta Magazine."
(d) "Bien Manger Magazine."

6. What was an "extern" in Batali's kitchen?
(a) A part time employe.
(b) A consultant.
(c) A cleaning boy.
(d) An unpaid intern.

7. What network executive read the article that put Batali on the Map?
(a) Rober Kempt.
(b) Marcus Roberts.
(c) Jonathan Lynne.
(d) Anthony Matthews.

8. Why would Bill never have the chance to work with Marco Pierre White?
(a) Marco Pierre White hated Bill.
(b) Marco Pierre White lost his restaurant.
(c) Marco Pierre White retired from cooking.
(d) Marco Pierre White died after the interview.

9. What station did Bill beg Batali to assign him to?
(a) The pasta station.
(b) The grill.
(c) The fish station.
(d) The sauce station.

10. When was the article that put Mario Batali on the map published according to Bill in Chapter 13?
(a) 1993.
(b) 1994.
(c) 1996.
(d) 1995.

11. What did Batali insist would be served at the pizzeria despite concern that it was not good?
(a) Deep dish pizzas.
(b) Calzones.
(c) Flat pizzas.
(d) Meat pizzas.

12. What restaurant did Batali study in?
(a) La Volta.
(b) La Betta.
(c) La Dolce Vita.
(d) La Riana.

13. What restaurant did Batali open in 1992?
(a) The Roccoco.
(b) The Rocco.
(c) The Po.
(d) The Dolce Vita.

14. Why did the restaurant Batali studied at fail?
(a) Batali left.
(b) The resturant was sold.
(c) Downturn in the economy.
(d) The cook left.

15. What newspaper put Mario Batali on the map according to Bill?
(a) "The New York Sentinel."
(b) "The New Yorker."
(c) "The New York Observer."
(d) "The New York Times."

Short Answer Questions

1. What game did Bill take Batali to after dinner?

2. What did Batali do to Dominic when Dominic bumped into him?

3. Who did Batali work under after studying at Le Cordon Bleu?

4. What didn't Bill have that annoyed his direct boss in Batali's kitchen?

5. What did Bill discover about Batali while at the game?

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