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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through So You Want to be a Chef? A Commencement Address and Kitchen's Closed.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long does Bourdain work at the Rainbow Room?
(a) Three years.
(b) A year and a half.
(c) Four months.
(d) Two years.

2. What makes security personnel swarm the Rainbow Room while Bourdain worked there?
(a) The Kennedy children were at the Rainbow Room.
(b) A fire broke out in the kitchen.
(c) There was a bomb threat.
(d) The chef had an altercation with a line cook.

3. What experience does Bourdain detest?
(a) Working in New York City.
(b) Working for the owner of Let's-Call-It-Gino's.
(c) Working at a restaurant in Baltimore.
(d) Working long hours at a new restaurant.

4. What is the instructor of Escoffier Room known for?
(a) His ineptness when it comes to French cuisine.
(b) His unrelenting, despotic instructional techniques.
(c) The relaxed atmosphere of his class.
(d) His flamboyant personality and fashion sense.

5. What has Bourdain fired Adam for in the past?
(a) Cut-backs.
(b) Lack of skills.
(c) Stealing.
(d) Unprofessional behavior.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is CIA designed to do?

2. Why do Bourdain and his colleagues hire people from Latin countries?

3. What does the owner of Mario's select Bourdain to do?

4. What item is foreign to the Japanese staff at Les Halles?

5. What does six-top mean?

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