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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did Bill consult to have the answer to his obsession?
(a) The curator of the pasta museum.
(b) Betta.
(c) The local pasta factory.
(d) The Italian ministry for agriculture.

2. What was Betta's condition for her to teach Bill her family recipe?
(a) That he would not tell Batali about it.
(b) That he only teach Batali.
(c) That he teach as many people as possible.
(d) That he not tell her family.

3. What did Bill tell Batali about his project?
(a) That he was not ready for it.
(b) That he needed to get some money first.
(c) That he would try staying in Italy.
(d) That he preferred to work for someone else.

4. Where did Bill want to apprenticed in Italy?
(a) At a restaurant.
(b) At a pasta maker.
(c) At a cheese factory.
(d) At a butcher shop.

5. Why did Dario berate the restaurant owner when they went out to dinner?
(a) The food was cold.
(b) The food was not Italian and was made from inferior meat.
(c) The restaurant wasn't buying from him.
(d) The restaurant wanted to charge him too much.

6. What did Bill say of the people that made food an important part of Italy?
(a) They were all women.
(b) They were more and more non Italian born.
(c) They thrived.
(d) They were slowly disappearing.

7. Why was Batali forced to be in the kitchen in Chapter 29?
(a) He wanted to be the one cooking for the critic.
(b) The sous chef was sick.
(c) It was a new menu.
(d) It was during the transition between Andy and Frankie.

8. What made Chianines special?
(a) They produced good milk.
(b) They were easily scared.
(c) They fatten fast.
(d) They were longer than regular cows and all white.

9. What did Bill ask the person who fixed him the best pasta he ever tasted?
(a) If he could take her receipe.
(b) If she would write a book with him.
(c) If she could teach him.
(d) If she would come with him to Italy.

10. Why was Batali worried in Chapter 29?
(a) Bill was the critic.
(b) His waiter did not recognize the critic until his final visit.
(c) The critic was making faces while eating.
(d) His waiter stopped a critic from entering.

11. What were Bill and his wife tired of at the end of Chapter 24?
(a) Cheese.
(b) Pork.
(c) Beef.
(d) Pasta.

12. What did Batali encourage his waiters to do?
(a) Act natural.
(b) Watch for critics.
(c) Forbid critics from entering.
(d) Try to get big tips from critics.

13. When was the Babbo kitchen in turmoil according to Bill in Chapter 29?
(a) After the critic came.
(b) When a critic came to rate the restaurant.
(c) When Batali's mother was in the restaurant.
(d) Before the critic came.

14. How long before Mark did Bill arrive in Italy?
(a) 15 days.
(b) 20 days.
(c) 10 days.
(d) 5 days.

15. What was the name of the book Bill found that finally answered his question?
(a) "Lo Pasta Veritas."
(b) "Lo Pasta Imaginare."
(c) "Lo Magare Especial."
(d) "Lo Scalco Alla Moderna"

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the Maestro make Bill put his knife steel?

2. Who awarded 3 stars to Babbo according to Chapter 29?

3. What were the earliest books Bill was able to find calling for to make pasta?

4. Who interned with Dario Cecchini before Bill?

5. What was Catherine de Medici queen of?

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