Foods 1 - 5.00 Table Setting & Manners

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

An exchange student notes that meals with her host family are quite different from meals 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 he/she eats

Having received poor service while eating out, a group of teens became noisy and refused to leave a tip. What type of behavior did the teens display?

• acceptable

• formal

• inappropriate

• informal

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

• cut his/her food into small bites and chew with one's mouth closed

• lay his/her fork on top of the refolded napkin to indicate one is finished eating

• text his/her friends throughout the meal as one sits while at the dinner table

• refold his/her napkin and lay it over the knife and spoon to indicate one is ready to talk

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

• as acceptable behavior

• as formal behavior

• as informal behavior

• as rude behavior

What is item 8 in the place setting?

• butter knife

• dinner knife

• soup spoon

• teaspoon

Answer explanation

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

• beverageware

• dinnerware

• flatware

• holloware

When used in the table setting along with a salad plate, where should the bread-and-butter plate be placed?

• above the forks, to the upper left

• above the knife, to the upper left

• lower left, beside the forks

• toward the center, above the dinner plate

A cup and saucer are needed for an informal meal. Where should they 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 grandfather to the table and pulls out the chair to help him 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 first