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Quiz

1. When is it acceptable to put your elbows on the table?

2. During the meal you need to visit the restroom. What do you do?

3. When you are not eating, where do you keep your hands?

4. Is it good manners to read the newspaper at the table?

5. At dinner, when should you start eating?

1. When is it acceptable to put your elbows on the table?
Only between courses.

2. During the meal you need to visit the restroom. What do you do?
Say, "Excuse me for a moment, I'll be right back."

3. When you are not eating, where do you keep your hands?
On your lap or resting on the table.

4. Is it good manners to read the newspaper at the table?
No. Reading or watching TV during dinner is a social no-no.

5. At dinner, when should you start eating?
When the host or parent begins to eat.

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