PORT LIONS SCHOOL

RESTAURANT ETIQUETTE
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1. What should you do with your napkin once A. Make eye contact
you are seated at the table? B. Snap your fingers
A. Leave it on the table C. Raise your hand
B. Place it on your lap D. Call out loudly
C. Tuck it into your shirt collar
D. Use it to wipe silverware

2. What type of food items should be avoided 8. What should you do if you notice a spill on
when ordering? the table?
A. Grilled items A. Ignore it
B. Healthy options B. Clean it with your napkin
C. Sides and appetizers C. Alert the waiter and ask for
D. Messy or difficult to eat items assistance
D. Move to another table
3. What should you do if you know you will
be late to a dining event? 9. What is the appropriate way to eat soup?
A. Arrive whenever you can A. Slurp it loudly
B. Call ahead to inform them B. rink directly from the bowl
C. Do not inform anyone C. Use a fork
D. Send a text after you arrive D. Spoon it away from you

4. What should you do if you need to sneeze 10. When should you begin eating your meal?
at the table? A. As soon as your food arrives
A. Sneeze openly B. After the host starts eating
B. Sneeze into your napkin C. When everyone is served or when
C. Excuse yourself to the restroom encouraged to start by those
D. Sneeze into your elbow waiting
D. Immediately after ordering
5. When should you place your napkin on
your lap? 11. Where should you place your silverware
A. Before sitting down when you are finished eating?
B. After the first course A. Placed together on your plate
C. When the meal starts B. On the tablecloth
D. As soon as you sit down, following C. Crossed on your plate
the host's lead D. In your napkin

6. How should you handle a situation where 12. Where should you not place your personal
a server brings the wrong dish? items such as bags or cell phones during a
A. Eat it anyway meal?
B. Demand a replacement loudly A. On the floor
C. Politely notify the server B. On your lap
D. Leave the restaurant C. On the table
D. Under your chair
7. How should you signal to the waiter that
you are ready to order?
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13. When dining with others, when should you C. A break in the meal
start eating? D. End of the meal
A. As soon as your food arrives
B. After the host starts eating 20. When is it appropriate to use your cell
C. When everyone has their food phone at the table?
D. After the first person starts eating A. Anytime
B. Only for emergencies
14. Where should you place your napkin if you C. To check social media
leave the table temporarily? D. To take calls
A. On the table to the right of your
plate 21. If you drop a utensil on the floor, what
B. On your lap should you do?
C. In your pocket A. Pick it up and continue using it
D. On your chair or to the left of your B. Leave it and ask for a replacement
plate C. Wash it off at the table
D. Ignore it

22. How should you respond if a waiter asks

about your meal?
15. How should you maintain your posture at A. Ignore them
the dining table? B. Offer a polite and honest response
A. Lean back and relax C. Complain if there's anything you
B. Have proper posture with elbows didn't like
off the table D. Tell them it was fine, regardless of
C. Rest your elbows on the table your experience
D. Lean forward with elbows on the
table 23. How long should you wait before checking
on the arrival status of your dinner
16. What is the correct way to signal to the partners?
waiter that you are finished with your A. 5 minutes
meal? B. 10 minutes
A. Wave them over C. 15 minutes
B. Place your napkin on the table D. 20 minutes
C. Stack your plates
D. Place your fork and knife parallel 24. How should you respond if you find a hair
on the plate in your food?
A. Scream and cause a scene
17. How should you handle the check when B. Quietly remove it and continue
dining with a large group? eating
A. Insist on paying for everyone C. Politely inform the waiter
B. Wait for someone else to offer D. Leave the restaurant immediately
C. Offer to split the bill evenly
D. Only pay for what you ordered 25. How should you handle a dish that you
don't like?
18. Where should you place your napkin at the A. Complain loudly
end of the meal? B. Secretly avoid it
A. On the table C. Send it back immediately
B. On your plate D. Politely inform the waiter
C. On your chair 26. What is the appropriate way to tip in a
D. On your lap restaurant?
A. Tip around 15-20% of the total bill
19. What does it signify when the host places B. Tip only if service was excellent
their napkin on the table? C. Leave a 5% tip
A. Time for dessert D. Leave exact change
B. Start of the meal
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27. What should you do if you need to leave C. During dessert
the table during a meal? D. After small talk and when the host
A. Announce loudly to everyone initiates
B. Push your chair back loudly
C. Leave without saying anything 35. What should you do if you're not sure
D. Excuse yourself quietly which utensil to use?
A. Start from the outside and work
28. How should bread be buttered at the your way in
table? B. Use your hands instead
A. Butter the whole slice at once C. Use the largest utensil available
B. Tear off a piece and butter it D. Ask the person next to you
individually
C. Dip it into the butter dish 36. How should you hold a utensil while
D. Use your knife to spread butter dining?
directly from the butter dish A. Like a pen
B. In a fist
29. How should you drink from a glass or cup? C. With both hands
A. Sip quietly from the rim D. With a firm grip, using all fingers
A. With a straw
B. Gulp it down quickly 37. When is it appropriate to apply makeup at
C. Pour it into a separate container the table?
first A. Anytime
B. Only in emergencies
30. What should you avoid ordering from the C. In between courses
menu? D. Never, it's best to excuse yourself
B. A salad to the restroom
C. A vegetarian dish
D. A house special 38. When is it acceptable to order alcohol
E. The most expensive item during a meal?
A. When the host orders it
31. When eating with a group, how should you B. Only if the host encourages it
pass dishes? C. Anytime you like
A. To the left D. When everyone else orders it
B. To the right
C. Across the table 39. What should you do if you accidentally
D. In any direction burp at the table?
A. Apologize quietly
32. What is the proper way to eat bread from B. Ignore it
a bread basket? C. Laugh it off
A. Take the entire basket D. Pretend it was someone else
B. Use your fingers to pick a piece
C. Ask someone else to hand it to you
D. Use tongs if provided

33. If you have two forks, which one should

you use first? 40. How should you handle it if your phone
A. The smaller fork rings during a meal?
B. The larger fork A. Answer it at the table
C. The fork on the outside B. Silence it without answering
D. The fork on the inside C. Step away from the table to answer
D. Turn it off immediately
34. When is it appropriate to start discussing
business during a meal? 41. What should you do with your elbows
A. Immediately upon sitting down while eating?
B. After the main course A. Rest them on the table
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 B. Keep them off the table A. Add salt and pepper immediately
C. Use them to support your head B. Taste your food first
D. Rest them on your lap C. Ask others for their preference
D. Mix all seasonings together
42. When sharing dishes, how should you
serve yourself? 49. Is it necessary to clean your plate
A. Use serving utensils provided completely?
B. With your own utensils A. Yes, always
C. Wait for someone else to serve you B. Only if the meal is very good
D. Use your hands if necessary C. Only if instructed by the host
D. No, it is polite to leave some food
43. What should you do with your utensils
when you are not using them? 50. What is the proper way to eat pasta?
A. Set them on your plate A. Twirl it on your fork
B. Pass them to the next person B. Slurp it directly from the plate
C. Place them back on the table C. Cut it with a knife
D. Hold them in your hand D. Use a spoon alongside your fork

44. Which of the following is considered poor

dining etiquette?
A. Calling ahead if you're late
B. Placing utensils on the table
C. Using the outside fork first
D. Keeping elbows off the table

45. What should you do with your chair when

leaving the table?
A. Leave it where it is
B. Push it in slightly
C. Push it all the way in
D. Move it to another location

46. How should alcohol be consumed if

ordered?
A. In large quantities
B. Not at all
C. With every course
D. In moderation

47. How should you pace yourself when eating

a meal?
A. Eat slowly and cut only a few small
bites at a time
B. Cut the entire meal into pieces
before starting
C. Take large bites for efficiency
D. Eat as quickly as possible

48. What should you do before seasoning your

food?
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