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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through So You Want to be a Chef? A Commencement Address and Kitchen's Closed.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Bourdain find the classes at CIA?
(a) Easy.
(b) Challenging.
(c) Interesting.
(d) Boring.

2. What must Bourdain endure at CIA?
(a) Out-of-date appliances.
(b) Buffet-style dishes.
(c) Alienation from classmates.
(d) Pompous teachers.

3. What does Bourdain tell people to consider when thinking about going into the culinary field?
(a) The rude and crude kitchen environment.
(b) The lifestyle and deep commitment necessary.
(c) The long hours and lack of recognition.
(d) The need for an innovative mind.

4. What does Bourdain learn from assisting the boiler man?
(a) How to plate the meals correctly.
(b) How to deal with customers.
(c) How to keep his station clean.
(d) How to manage the avalanche of meals each night.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Bourdain realize in Vienne?

3. What does Bourdain imagine that Adam has none of in "Adam Real-Last-Name-Unknown"?

4. What is Dimitri's job?

5. According to Bourdain, what is just as critical as a cook's knives?

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