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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 was Batali's condition when he assigned Bill to the station he begged to be on?

2. Who was the expediter at Babbo Restaurant?

3. What network executive read the article that put Batali on the Map?

4. What were the short ribs replaced by at Babbo?

5. Who was the saute chef at Babbo?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who was making life in the kitchen difficult?

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

4. Where did Batali move in California, and what did he do?

5. Why was the restaurant called Otto doomed to fail, according to Chapter 15?

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

7. What book did Bill find when he was researching authentic Italian cooking?

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

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

10. What job did Batali turn down and why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Kitchen politics is an important part of why Bill desired to move on from the Babbo's kitchen. Do you think, based on Bill's writing, that the kitchen is like a military structure or more like an organized chaos.

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