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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Food is Sex and Food is Pain.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What has yet to arrive in the culinary world in the 1970's?
(a) Fondue.
(b) Creativity.
(c) The desire to try cuisine from different cultures.
(d) Celebrity chefs.

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

3. What kind of restaurant is the place where Bourdain works in the early 1970's?
(a) A summer tourist establishment.
(b) A pub.
(c) A fast food restaurant.
(d) An upscale restaurant serving French cuisine.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the chef of the restaurant called Mario's?

2. What does Bourdain fish for with the local fishing expert in France?

3. Where does Bourdain's love affair with food start?

4. What does Bourdain do after his family vacation to France?

5. According to Bourdain, what does good cooking and good eating involve?

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