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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. For whom does Bourdain have disdain?
(a) Vegetarians.
(b) Vegans.
(c) Restaurant critics.
(d) Customers who dine and dash.

2. What type of food does Bourdain consider a safe leftover?
(a) Wine.
(b) Bread.
(c) Cheese.
(d) Soup.

3. Why does Bourdain keep hiring Steve?
(a) They are comfortable with one another and can both manage any situation in the kitchen.
(b) Steve is the only person that Bourdain feels he can fully trust in a kitchen.
(c) Steve tries his best, which is enough for Bourdain.
(d) Bourdain has never met anyone as talented as Steve.

4. Why does Bourdain resign from Coco Pazzo Teatro?
(a) He is unimpressed with the cuisine.
(b) He is bored and unchallenged.
(c) He receives a better offer from a competing restaurant.
(d) He is exhausted from the administrative and human resources issues.

5. How many hours does Bourdain work at Coco Pazzo Teatro a day?
(a) Seventeen.
(b) Twenty.
(c) Five to six.
(d) Ten.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bourdain learn from Bobby, the chef at his summer job?

2. How is the chef at Mario's described?

3. What does Bourdain imagine Adam's state to be in "Adam Real-Last-Name-Unknown"?

4. What does Bourdain do to Luis to gain respect from his co-workers?

5. Whom does Bourdain acknowledge?

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