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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the best nights for eating out?
(a) Tuesdays and Wednesdays.
(b) Monday through Friday.
(c) Tuesday through Saturday.
(d) Saturday and Sunday.

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

3. According to Bigfoot, what is more important than lapses in judgment or destructive behavior?
(a) A man's desire to succeed.
(b) A man's talent.
(c) A man's essential character.
(d) A man's willingness to try again.

4. How does Bourdain feel about the chef at the restaurant, Mario's?
(a) Bourdain is in awe of him.
(b) Bourdain despises him.
(c) Bourdain feels he is talentless.
(d) Bourdain respects him.

5. According to Bourdain, which of the following is not an elemental food item?
(a) Honey.
(b) Basil.
(c) Mint tops.
(d) Butter.

6. What is Bourdain determined to do during his summer break after his first year at CIA?
(a) Impress his colleagues at The Dreadnaught.
(b) Relax and enjoy the summer.
(c) Learn new techniques to impress his teachers with.
(d) Practice everything he learned at school.

7. What is the name of the boiler man at Bourdain's summer job?
(a) Tyrone.
(b) Paul.
(c) Luther.
(d) Freddie.

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

9. What does Bourdain fish for with the local fishing expert in France?
(a) Lobster.
(b) Tuna.
(c) Oysters.
(d) Eel.

10. How long does Bourdain work at the Rainbow Room?
(a) Three years.
(b) Two years.
(c) A year and a half.
(d) Four months.

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

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

13. Bourdain does not understand anyone with a preference for what?
(a) Well done meat.
(b) Medium rare meat.
(c) Blue meat.
(d) Rare meat.

14. What singer gives an impromptu concert at the Rainbow Room when Bourdain works there?
(a) Billy Joel.
(b) Tony Bennett.
(c) Frank Sinatra.
(d) Barbara Streisand.

15. What year does Bourdain leave Vassar College?
(a) 1975.
(b) 1980.
(c) 1974.
(d) 1983.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What type of food should one never eat at a restaurant on a Monday?

3. What do Bourdain and Dimitri make that causes the guests to have fits of pain?

4. What might an unprepared restaurant owner do to improve business?

5. What is Dimitri's job?

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