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

2. Why do Bourdain's parents not allow him and his brother into a fine dining establishment?
(a) Because it is too expensive.
(b) Because their clothes are dirty.
(c) Because they will not like the food.
(d) Because of their brooding behavior.

3. How does Bourdain describe Dimitri?
(a) An energetic innovator.
(b) An introverted man in his thirties.
(c) A carefree artist.
(d) An intelligent but obnoxious man.

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

5. When does Bourdain's love affair with food start?
(a) 1980.
(b) 1956.
(c) 1977.
(d) 1966.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Bourdain determined to enroll during the early 1970's?

2. Whom has the instructor for the Escoffier Room been rumored to have worked with?

3. What does Bourdain want to do after his trip to France besides enjoy the food?

4. How does Bourdain feel about the chef at the restaurant, Mario's?

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

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