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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 were the two estates flanking Dario's dedicated to?

2. What was Dario's girlfriend's name?

3. What was Catherine de Medici queen of?

4. Where did Bill and his wife return to in Chapter 24?

5. What did Betta force Bill to do first in her pizzeria?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why did Bill become focused on early recipes verses late recipes?

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

4. In Chapter 23, what was Bill finally allowed to help prepare?

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

6. What did Bill eventually find?

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

8. What happened when an important visitor came to Babbo?

9. What did Bill eventually find it impossible to do in?

10. What was Caso Mono and why were some concerned according to Chapter 17?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the similarities and differences of Bill and Batali, including how they are perceived by others in the book.

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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