Basic Table Manners Quiz

If you are leaving the dining table for a short while, the napkin should be

• put on the table.

• given to someone else at the table.

• taken with you.

• put on your chair.

Spoons with handles were used for ancient Egyptian religious purposes as early as

• 400 B.C.

• 600 B.C

• 800 B.C

• 1,000 B.C

Beverages are served and cleared from the ______________ side.

• right

• left

• top

• bottom

Generally, the food is served from the ______________ and cleared from the ______________.

• right, left

• left, right

• top, bottom

• bottom, top

After you have completed a meal during dinner at the hotel, you should place

• the fork and knife side by side at the right side of the plate and the fork should be facing upward (ceiling).

• the fork and knife side by side at the middle of the plate and the fork should be facing downward (dinner plate).

• the fork and knife side by side at the right side of the plate and cover them with your napkin.

• the fork and knife side by side beside your dinner plate and on the table.

When you are eating at a formal dinner, remember that the utensils, always:

• Start from inside out.

• Eat with hands.

• Start from top to bottom.

• Start from outside in.

The followings are considered inappropriate manners business dining EXCEPT

• chewing ice cube.

• putting on your napkin when everyone has been seated.

• blowing on hot soup.

• blowing your nose at the table.

As a host, when escorting your guest to their table, allow your guest

• to walk in front of you.

• to walk besides you.

• to walk behind you.

• to pick his/her seat.

All the following statements are correct about the dining etiquette, EXCEPT

• sit up straight, elbows off the table, hands on your lap.

• put your personal belongings on the table.

• leave the table before the Guest of Honour has left.

• pick things on the table as souvenirs.

Which of the following is the TRUE statement about texting at the dinner table?

• Place your phone in your lap and reply to the message quietly.

• Excuse yourself from the dinner table and do the texting as quickly as possible.

• Reply the message at the table quickly to not let the person wait for your reply.

• Pay attention to the message and occasionally acknowledge your friends and family.