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  1. Look at "Etiquette Resources: Formal Dining" and find if the order that you should use the set eating utensils in is:
    a. ...in any order you want to.
    b. ...determined by the host and/or waiter, so you should ask them.
    c. ...from the inside towards the outside.
    d. ...from the outside inwards.

  2. Look at "Etiquette Resources: Formal Dining" and what out the general rule for the foods you drink red and white wine with?
    a. Red with sweet things and meat and white only with appetiser.
    b. Red with meat and white with fish and seafood.
    c. You ask for one or the other as you like.
    d. White with dishes with more vegetables and red for dishes with less.

  3. Look at "Etiquette Resources: Formal Dining". Which statement is not true?
    a. The order of the use of the different types of glasses and silverware is fixed.
    b. Your bread plate should stay to the left and your glasses to the right.
    c. If there is a finger bowl it will probably have a slice of lemon in it.
    d. White wine and red wine glasses are always the same shape.

  4. Look at "CuisineNet: Tips and Pitfalls". Which statement is not true?
    a. Western meals usually start with someone saying grace.
    b. Keep your elbows off the tables.
    c. You should scoop up soup into your spoon away from yourself.
    d. Fingerbowls are sometimes drunk.

  5. Look at "CuisineNet: Tips and Pitfalls". Which statement is not true?
    a. You might consider avoiding asking if somebody wants a second helping.
    b. The salt and pepper should be passed directly into the hands of the person requiring them.
    c. You must always use your fork to take something out of your mouth.
    d. You should normally put anything taken from your mouth on the side of your plate.

  6. Look at "CuisineNet: Foods You Can Eat with Your Fingers ". Which statement is not true?
    a. Crisp bacon can be eaten with the fingers.
    b. Bread should always be "torn" not cut with a knife.
    c. Hors d'oeuvres, if served at a formal meal, should be eaten with a fork.
    d. You often eat berries with a fork.

Copyright 2003 by James Nicoll (james@actionenglish.com)

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