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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 is CIA designed to do?

2. What does Bourdain fish for with the local fishing expert in France?

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

4. For whom does Bourdain have disdain?

5. According to Bourdain, what does good cooking and good eating involve?

Short Essay Questions

1. Whom does Bourdain consider to be the best chef in New York and why?

2. Describe Bourdain's experience at the restaurant Billy's.

3. Why does Bourdain go to Tokyo in 1999?

4. Who is Luis?

5. What is The Escoffier Room?

6. Describe the chef of Mario's.

7. What are the three categories of the line cook?

8. What are some tips for eating out?

9. How does Bourdain find the classes at the CIA?

10. What does Bourdain do on his first morning in Tokyo?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Bourdain's depiction of a bawdy and crude kitchen environment. How does he view the kitchen environment? What sorts of things take place in the commercial kitchen? What does a person have to be able to endure to make it in the industry?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the motif of loyalty in Kitchen Confidential. Why is a sense of loyalty so important in a kitchen environment? Who does Bourdain show loyalty towards in the book and why?

Essay Topic 3

Describe what it is like to work in a kitchen, according to Bourdain. What are the types of roles in a kitchen? What is the atmosphere like in the kitchen? What is cook-talk? What type of person is best suited for working in a kitchen environment?

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