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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Bourdain feel about the chef at the restaurant, Mario's?
(a) Bourdain despises him.
(b) Bourdain is in awe of him.
(c) Bourdain feels he is talentless.
(d) Bourdain respects him.

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

3. Where does Bourdain's love affair with food start?
(a) Flying over the Atlantic.
(b) In a caravan.
(c) Aboard an ocean liner.
(d) On a tour bus.

4. What year does Bourdain start working with Sam G and Dimitri in New York?
(a) 1984.
(b) 1983.
(c) 1981.
(d) 1985.

5. What makes someone succeed in restaurant ownership?
(a) An unsurpassed talent in the kitchen.
(b) A good head for business and knowledge of food trends.
(c) They are knowledgeable about the risks and know when to pull out.
(d) An innovative mind when it comes to the menu.

6. What is the name of the boiler man at Bourdain's summer job?
(a) Paul.
(b) Freddie.
(c) Tyrone.
(d) Luther.

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

8. According to Bourdain, what are most line cooks?
(a) Social misfits.
(b) High school dropouts.
(c) Immigrants from Spanish-speaking countries.
(d) Culinary geniuses.

9. What does owning a restaurant feed besides the customers?
(a) The kitchen staff.
(b) An ego.
(c) One's bank account.
(d) One's creativity.

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

11. According to Bourdain, what is just as critical as a cook's knives?
(a) A cook's taste buds.
(b) A cook's mise-en-place.
(c) A cook's hands.
(d) A cook's creative mind.

12. What do Bourdain, Sam G, and Dimitri feel improves their productivity?
(a) Rock music.
(b) Drugs.
(c) Caffeine.
(d) Liquor.

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

14. How does Bourdain approach food after his family vacation in France?
(a) With prejudice for French cuisine.
(b) With a creative eye.
(c) With disinterest.
(d) With a new zeal.

15. When is seafood normally delivered?
(a) Tuesdays or Thursdays.
(b) On the weekend.
(c) Mondays.
(d) Fridays.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Bourdain attend college?

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

3. What does Bourdain realize in Vienne?

4. How does Bourdain describe Bigfoot?

5. For whom does Bourdain have disdain?

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