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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Level of Discourse and Other Bodies.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the dream of Tom and Fred of Tom H?
(a) To make their customers smile.
(b) To open up a restaurant in every borough of the city.
(c) To convert a brownstone and serve meatloaf to celebrities.
(d) To serve their grandmothers' chicken parm recipe.

2. What type of food should one never eat at a restaurant on a Monday?
(a) Fish.
(b) Meat.
(c) Poultry.
(d) All of the above.

3. How old is Bourdain when he lands a job at Tom H?
(a) Twenty-five years old.
(b) Twenty-two years old.
(c) Twenty-seven years old.
(d) Twenty-four years old.

4. What type of food does Bourdain consider a safe leftover?
(a) Wine.
(b) Bread.
(c) Cheese.
(d) Soup.

5. How does Bourdain describe American workers?
(a) As lazy and high maintenance.
(b) As creative and spontaneous.
(c) As weak and pathetic.
(d) As loyal and hardworking.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the night porter do?

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

3. What does Bourdain admit about the kitchen environment?

4. Besides culinary proficiency, what determines a person's kitchen success?

5. What is the name of the owner of Let's-Call-It-Gino's?

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