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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has yet to arrive in the culinary world in the 1970's?

2. Whom does Bourdain acknowledge?

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

4. What color is the wedding cake that Bourdain and Dimitri make?

5. While Bourdain works at his summer job in the early 1970's, what does he vow?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Bourdain go to Tokyo in 1999?

3. What sort of worker does Bourdain value most?

4. What is Bourdain's opinion of Adam?

5. What is Bourdain's job during his second summer at The Dreadnaught?

6. What is the role of the runner and night porter in a restaurant?

7. What does Bourdain tell anyone considering a career as a chef to consider?

8. What does Anthony Bourdain want to share with the reader?

9. What does Bourdain do after his first year at the CIA?

10. What does Adam mean when he tells Bourdain to "Feed the bitch or she'll die!"

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What does creative license mean? Why is creative license a common occurrence in the memoir genre? How has Bourdain used creative license in Kitchen Confidential?

Essay Topic 2

What is a memoir? What are the characteristics of a memoir? Discuss why Kitchen Confidential is an example of a memoir.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the setting of Kitchen Confidential. Where does Bourdain realize the power of food? Where does Bourdain go to culinary school? Where does Bourdain work for most of his career? How does the setting affect his career?

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