Table Setting & Manners

How would family members potentially describe the behavior of others leaving the table before everyone has finished eating?

• Acceptable Behavior

• Formal Behavior

• Informal Behavior

• Rude Behavior

When setting the table for a formal meal, where should the knife be placed?

• above the dinner plate

• left of the dinner plate

• right of the dinner plate

• on the dinner plate

Cups & glasses used for drinking are considered what classification of tableware?

• beverageware

• dinnerware

• flatware

• hollowware

When a salad is served as the first course, and the main part of the meal will be served later. Two forks are pare of the place setting. Good Table Manner Guidelines states that we should use what utensil to eat the salad?

• Fork farthest from the plate

• Fork next to the plate

• Largest Fork

• Small fork above the plate

Soup Tureens and gravy boats are considered what classification of tableware?

• beverageware

• dinnerware

• flatware

• holloware

What should a person do to have a pleasant dining experience?

• cut their food into small bites and chew with their mouth closed.

• lay their fork on top of the refolded napkin to indicate one is finished eating.

• text their friends throughout the meal as one sits at the dinner table

• refold their napkin & lay it over the knife and spoon to indicate one is ready to talk.

A cup & saucer are needed for an informal meal. Where should the be placed?

• above the dinner plate

• above the salad plate

• to the left side of the dinner plate

• to the right side of the dinner plate

David helps his grandmother to the table and pulls out the chair to help her be seated. Which good table manner example is David using?

• coming to the table clean and neat

• honoring the elders

• serving as the host

• serving himself firtst

Katie was pruning houseplants when her mother called her to dinner. Which guideline for good table manners should she use?

• be seated at the table, the get up after the salad course and go wash her hands.

• finish working with the plants before going to the table.

• wash her hands before going to the table

• wipe her hands on the table napkin before eating

An exchange student notes that meals with her host family are quite different from meal at home. What general guideline should be followed to avoid insulting the host family?

• ask the family to get American foods so the student can eat in another room.

• decline to eat anything that looks unfamiliar

• eat with the same rules as followed at home

• watch the host or hostess and follow how they eat.