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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the food prepared on the grill have to be considered acceptable?

2. When did Bill first made polenta?

3. What bled into Marco Pierre White's life according to Bill?

4. What restaurant offered Batali his first kitchen?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What job did Batali turn down and why?

2. Where did Bill visit in Chapter 11?

3. Who did Bill spend time according to Chapter 10, and what did Bill find?

4. What did Bill discover about most kitchens?

5. Where did Bill make his first batch of polenta?

6. Where did Batali arrive in Chapter 4?

7. Why was Andy (the expediter) becoming anxious?

8. What made Bill feel like a part of the kitchen staff?

9. What did Bill realize once he started to work at Babbo's?

10. What is considered the most basic sauce and how is it made?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss how Buford intertwines elements of a memoir, biography, and tutorial into his writing.

Essay Topic 2

Batali opened a pizzeria that had a lot of success despite having "inedible" pizzas. Do you think cuisine is losing the fight of good taste against processed food and that people have lower standards for what is good?

Essay Topic 3

Compare the relationship Buford had with Betta with the relationship Batali had with Betta.

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