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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 is Ragu?

2. How long after taking over the grill was Bill hammered for the first time?

3. What magazine did Bill Buford found?

4. Who did Batali open a pizzeria with according to Chapter 15?

5. What did Bill think at the end of the night in Chapter 15?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where did Batali arrive in Chapter 4?

2. What promotion did Bill receive in Chapter 9, and what did the position entail?

3. What did the workers at Babbo's always need to assume?

4. What did not work well in Chapter 6?

5. Where did Bill visit in Chapter 11?

6. Who is Bill Buford?

7. Who did Bill Buford invite to dinner in "Dinner with Mario"?

8. How was the Babbo kitchen like two different kitchens according to Chapter 5?

9. What did Batali need to learn?

10. What job did Batali turn down and why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose one of the stations which Buford worked at and discuss his experience on the station.

Essay Topic 2

Do you think that the reason Batali gave for not completing cooking school were valid? Can his reasoning apply to other professions?

Essay Topic 3

The Food Network can be credited for making chef superstars. Do you think personality is more important than good cooking for a TV chef?

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