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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Bill find fascinating at Dario's shop?
(a) Making sausage.
(b) Mixing meats to make ragu.
(c) Making roasts.
(d) Cutting pork.

2. What happened at Babbo after Andy's departure?
(a) Many people quit.
(b) It was refurbished.
(c) It closed.
(d) The prices were lowered.

3. Why did Dario treat some of his customers unkindly for a few weeks after Bill's return?
(a) He lost a bet.
(b) He paid his taxes.
(c) He and his girlfriend broke up.
(d) He was caught speeding.

4. What did Bill once think about what Batali ordered?
(a) That is was not appropriate.
(b) That it was too demanding.
(c) That it was too expensive.
(d) That it was too little.

5. What was the name of the book Bill found that finally answered his question?
(a) "Lo Pasta Veritas."
(b) "Lo Magare Especial."
(c) "Lo Scalco Alla Moderna"
(d) "Lo Pasta Imaginare."

6. What were the earliest books Bill was able to find calling for to make pasta?
(a) Four, milk, and eggs.
(b) Water and flour.
(c) Eggs, water, and flour.
(d) Flour and eggs.

7. Who wrote the the book Bill found that finally answered his question?
(a) Esteban Miro.
(b) Estomondo Moralieri.
(c) Antonio Latini.
(d) Roberto Manieri.

8. What was the relation between Dario and Giovanni?
(a) They were brothers.
(b) They didn't know each other.
(c) They were angry at each other.
(d) They were best friends.

9. What did Dario want to become before returning to the family business?
(a) A teacher.
(b) A priest.
(c) A doctor.
(d) A veterinarian.

10. What made Bill think butchers of different regions have different ways of cutting the meat?
(a) He read it in a book.
(b) Some of the cuts Dario taught him were not in books.
(c) Regions wanted to have specialy cuts.
(d) The names of the cut change.

11. What did Bill find Dario reciting to his customers?
(a) Dante's "Inferno."
(b) "Don Giovanni."
(c) "Casanova."
(d) "La Dolce Vita".

12. Why did Dario berate the restaurant owner when they went out to dinner?
(a) The food was cold.
(b) The restaurant wanted to charge him too much.
(c) The food was not Italian and was made from inferior meat.
(d) The restaurant wasn't buying from him.

13. What dish was Bill allowed to help prepare in Chapter 23?
(a) Mostorina.
(b) Arimeta.
(c) Morina.
(d) Arista.

14. What was Betta's condition for her to teach Bill her family recipe?
(a) That he only teach Batali.
(b) That he would not tell Batali about it.
(c) That he teach as many people as possible.
(d) That he not tell her family.

15. What did Bill do at the end of Chapter 18?
(a) He left.
(b) He left for Le Cordon Bleu.
(c) He opened his own restaurant.
(d) He got a promotion.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Dario's father die of?

2. What is Red Chili Jelly called in Italy?

3. What was the first animal Bill worked on after return to Dario's shop in Chapter 25?

4. When did Bill arrive at Dario's shop?

5. Who did Bill consult to have the answer to his obsession?

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