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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 project did Batali ask Bill about?

2. Why was Batali worried in Chapter 29?

3. Why did Dario treat some of his customers unkindly for a few weeks after Bill's return?

4. Why did Babbo miss a 4 star rating?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Bill's visit to the La Pieve di San Leolino remind him of according to Chapter 28?

2. What did the Maestro do when Bill said his goodbyes?

3. What did Bill arrange to buy when he and his wife returned to New York in Chapter 24?

4. What did Maestro explain to Bill about the chianina?

5. What did Bill convince his wife to do at the start of Chapter 19?

6. What did Betta finally agree to on one condition?

7. What did Bill and his wife become tired of?

8. What did Bill admit during the dinner with Batali?

9. What was Batali convinced of after the award in 1998?

10. Why did everyone in the town talk about Giovanni's bull according to Chapter 27?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Do you think that the organizational system (brigade system) of a kitchen makes successful chefs?

Essay Topic 3

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

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