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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) Creativity.
(b) Fondue.
(c) Celebrity chefs.
(d) The desire to try cuisine from different cultures.

2. What is the name of Bourdain's aunt?
(a) Tante Jeanne.
(b) Tante Veronique.
(c) Tante Monique.
(d) Tante Emilie.

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

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

5. Whom does Bourdain acknowledge?
(a) His wife and parents.
(b) The professors and teachers at his culinary school.
(c) His publishers and agents.
(d) Those whose talents and credentials supersede his own.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bourdain do while in France with his family?

2. How does Bourdain feel about the food in Paris during his family vacation?

3. What kind of restaurant is the place where Bourdain works in the early 1970's?

4. What is the name of the fishing expert in France?

5. What kind of food does the restaurant where Bourdain worked in the summer serve?

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