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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. Who ran the restaurant Bill ate at in Chapter 10?

2. What did Batali become when he accepted his first kitchen?

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

4. What station did Bill beg Batali to assign him to?

5. What is polenta made of?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What was Bil's first introduction to kitchen politics in Chapter 3?

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

5. What station did Bill want to work in Chapter 12?

6. What did Bill discover about most kitchens?

7. What did Bill become in Chapter 1, and what did it teach Bill?

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

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

10. How famous was Batali at the time he and Bill met?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss how criticism among employees and changes in the kitchen affect the staff and quality of a restaurant.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the relationship between Jessica, Buford's wife and Buford and examine the testing moment of their marriage.

Essay Topic 3

Bill read a lot of cook books, some several hundred years old and also was taught family recipes that were transferred verbally. Do you think written recipes prevent cooking for evolving or do you think written recipes are worth the trade by promulgating cooking to the masses?

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