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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What sorts of food does Bourdain begin to eat after his trip to France?
(a) Stinky cheese, sweetbreads, and horsemeat.
(b) Sashimi and raw eel.
(c) Anything spicy.
(d) Deer and moose meat and exotic fruits and vegetables.

2. Why is Bourdain in a low period when Bigfoot hires him?
(a) Bourdain is dealing with a death in his family.
(b) Bourdain believes he is talentless.
(c) Bourdain is broke and in drug rehab.
(d) Bourdain is unsure of what he wants to do with his life.

3. Why does Bourdain advise against eating at brunch buffets?
(a) Buffets never serve well-prepared food.
(b) The potential for bacteria is very high.
(c) People tend to eat for quantity, not quality.
(d) The food is often stale.

4. According to Bourdain, what does good cooking and good eating involve?
(a) A professional palate.
(b) A level of risk.
(c) A sense of adventure.
(d) Steady hands.

5. What does the role of the line cook require?
(a) Good memory.
(b) Loyalty and endurance.
(c) Someone who can multitask.
(d) Two fast hands.

6. At CIA, what does Bourdain have that his classmates do not?
(a) A creative flair.
(b) Friends in the business.
(c) Professional culinary experience.
(d) A keen eye for detail.

7. While Bourdain works at his summer job in the early 1970's, what does he vow?
(a) Not to be stuck in subordinate kitchen roles.
(b) To go to law school to please his parents.
(c) To travel to France again.
(d) To learn everything he can about French cuisine.

8. What is CIA designed to do?
(a) Educate learners to be caterers.
(b) Give ordinary people a little extra cooking skill.
(c) Turn out hotel and corporate dining facility chefs.
(d) Teach students the culinary arts.

9. What does the owner of Mario's select Bourdain to do?
(a) Test out his new dishes.
(b) Hand out fliers.
(c) Revamp his menu.
(d) Cater a large garden party.

10. According to Bourdain, which of the following is not an essential item for home cooks?
(a) Spatula.
(b) Paring knife.
(c) Saucepans.
(d) Pastry bag.

11. What singer gives an impromptu concert at the Rainbow Room when Bourdain works there?
(a) Billy Joel.
(b) Barbara Streisand.
(c) Frank Sinatra.
(d) Tony Bennett.

12. Bourdain says that line cooking is not about innovation, but what?
(a) Artistic expression.
(b) Consistency.
(c) Perfection.
(d) Loyalty.

13. For whom does Bourdain have disdain?
(a) Vegetarians.
(b) Vegans.
(c) Customers who dine and dash.
(d) Restaurant critics.

14. Where is the summerhouse that Bourdain shares with his friends?
(a) Portland, Maine.
(b) Manchester, New Hampshire.
(c) Bridgeport, Connecticut.
(d) Cape Cod, Massachusetts.

15. Where is Bourdain determined to enroll during the early 1970's?
(a) The Culinary Institute of America.
(b) Yale University.
(c) Le Cordon Bleu.
(d) Harvard Law School.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bourdain admit from the get-go?

2. What has yet to arrive in the culinary world in the 1970's?

3. What does Bourdain wish to share with the reader?

4. What year does Bourdain leave Vassar College?

5. What type of restaurant will Bourdain never eat in?

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