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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Where is the Rainbow Room located?
(a) Empire State Building.
(b) Times Square.
(c) Central Park.
(d) Rockefeller Center.

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

5. How does Bourdain approach food after his family vacation in France?
(a) With prejudice for French cuisine.
(b) With a creative eye.
(c) With disinterest.
(d) With a new zeal.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the instructor of Escoffier Room known for?

3. What year does Bourdain leave Vassar College?

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

5. What does owning a restaurant feed besides the customers?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Bourdain philosophize while in bed on a Sunday morning?

2. What are some of the mistakes that unprepared restaurant owners make?

3. Who is Steven?

4. According to Bourdain, what will determine a person's success in the kitchen?

5. Describe Bourdain's experience at the restaurant Rick's Cafe.

6. What does Bourdain discover about the kitchen staff at the Rainbow Room?

7. What is Bourdain's opinion of Adam?

8. Describe the meal that Bourdain considers the finest meal he has ever eaten.

9. Where and when does Bourdain's love affair with food begin?

10. What is Working Progress?

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