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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Bourdain, what kind of job is the job of a line cook?
(a) It is an important job.
(b) It is a thankless position.
(c) It is an unimportant role in a restaurant.
(d) It is a hard yet rewarding position.

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

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

4. What is Luis' job?
(a) Expediter.
(b) Chef de garde-manger.
(c) Chef de cuisine.
(d) Sous-chef.

5. What does Bourdain fish for with the local fishing expert in France?
(a) Eel.
(b) Oysters.
(c) Lobster.
(d) Tuna.

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

7. What is the name of the restaurant where Bourdain works with Sam G and Dimitri?
(a) Smith and Jones.
(b) Work Progress.
(c) Dinner Time.
(d) Soup.

8. What does Bourdain do to Luis to gain respect from his co-workers?
(a) Bourdain throws a bucket of fish guts at Luis.
(b) Bourdain ignores Luis completely.
(c) Bourdain punches Luis.
(d) Bourdain jabs Luis' hand with a fork.

9. What does Bourdain realize in Vienne?
(a) Food is necessary to live.
(b) Food is important.
(c) Food is luxury.
(d) Food is art.

10. Where does Bourdain meet Bigfoot?
(a) At the Culinary Institute.
(b) At a vegetable market.
(c) In France.
(d) At Mario's restaurant.

11. How does Bourdain find the classes at CIA?
(a) Easy.
(b) Interesting.
(c) Challenging.
(d) Boring.

12. What do Bourdain and Dimitri make that causes the guests to have fits of pain?
(a) A salmon dish with bone fragments.
(b) A scalding hot minestrone soup.
(c) Nearly-raw chicken parmesan.
(d) A pepper-loaded Chinese meal.

13. What kind of food does the restaurant where Bourdain worked in the summer serve?
(a) French cuisine.
(b) Mexican food.
(c) Common fried foods.
(d) Greek food.

14. What does Bourdain wish to share with the reader?
(a) The true story about living and working in the culinary profession.
(b) His favorite recipes.
(c) An expose on the kitchens of the top restaurants in America.
(d) The ins and outs of the nation's best culinary schools.

15. According to Bourdain, which of the following is not an elemental food item?
(a) Mint tops.
(b) Honey.
(c) Basil.
(d) Butter.

Short Answer Questions

1. Bourdain says that line cooking is not about innovation, but what?

2. What does Bourdain witness for the first time at the restaurant he works at with Sam G and Dimitri?

3. Where is the Rainbow Room located?

4. Whom does Bourdain acknowledge?

5. How long does Bourdain work at the Rainbow Room?

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