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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Who Cooks? and From our Kitchen to your Table.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is the chef at Mario's described?
(a) As the best chef in the area.
(b) As a difficult chef to work with.
(c) As the most hard-working chef in the business.
(d) As the worst chef in the area.

2. What are the three categories of line cooks?
(a) American, Latin, and Asian.
(b) Artists, exiles, and mercenaries.
(c) Food lovers, money lovers, and adrenaline lovers.
(d) Fast, faster, and fastest.

3. How does Bourdain feel about the food in Paris during his family vacation?
(a) He is unimpressed.
(b) He is revolted.
(c) He is shocked.
(d) He is confused.

4. Whom has the instructor for the Escoffier Room been rumored to have worked with?
(a) Paul Bocuse.
(b) Auguste Escoffier.
(c) Fernand Point.
(d) Pierre Troisgros.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What year does Bourdain leave Vassar College?

2. What is the name of the restaurant where Bourdain works during his summer away from college?

3. Why do Bourdain's parents not allow him and his brother into a fine dining establishment?

4. What is CIA designed to do?

5. How does Bourdain approach food after his family vacation in France?

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