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

Multiple Choice Questions

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(a) Out-of-date appliances.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

2. What type of soup does Bourdain eat that changes his life?
(a) Cucumber soup.
(b) French onion soup.
(c) Vichyssoise.
(d) Gumbo.

3. Whom has the instructor for the Escoffier Room been rumored to have worked with?
(a) Fernand Point.
(b) Paul Bocuse.
(c) Pierre Troisgros.
(d) Auguste Escoffier.

4. At CIA, what does Bourdain have that his classmates do not?
(a) A keen eye for detail.
(b) A creative flair.
(c) Friends in the business.
(d) Professional culinary experience.

5. How does Bourdain describe Bigfoot?
(a) Charming, energetic, and knowledgeable.
(b) Meek, quiet, and clumsy.
(c) Brilliant, cunning, and intellectual.
(d) Menacing, talentless, and diabolic.

6. How does Bourdain feel about the food in Paris during his family vacation?
(a) He is unimpressed.
(b) He is revolted.
(c) He is shocked.
(d) He is confused.

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

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

9. What does owning a restaurant feed besides the customers?
(a) An ego.
(b) One's bank account.
(c) The kitchen staff.
(d) One's creativity.

10. What does Bourdain feel about the early 1970's in terms of the cooking world?
(a) It is a primitive time.
(b) It is a time of change.
(c) It is an exciting time.
(d) It is a time of traditional cuisine.

11. What is the instructor of Escoffier Room known for?
(a) His ineptness when it comes to French cuisine.
(b) His unrelenting, despotic instructional techniques.
(c) His flamboyant personality and fashion sense.
(d) The relaxed atmosphere of his class.

12. What do Bourdain and Dimitri make that causes the guests to have fits of pain?
(a) Nearly-raw chicken parmesan.
(b) A scalding hot minestrone soup.
(c) A salmon dish with bone fragments.
(d) A pepper-loaded Chinese meal.

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

14. Where is the summerhouse that Bourdain shares with his friends?
(a) Bridgeport, Connecticut.
(b) Manchester, New Hampshire.
(c) Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
(d) Portland, Maine.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To what does Bourdain compare the size of the Rainbow Room kitchen?

2. What is the name of the restaurant where Bourdain works with Sam G and Dimitri?

3. What sorts of food does Bourdain begin to eat after his trip to France?

4. How does Bourdain describe American workers?

5. What does Bourdain learn while at the Rainbow Room?

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