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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 does owning a restaurant feed besides the customers?

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

3. What does Bourdain love about Bobby?

4. Whom does Bourdain acknowledge?

5. Who is the chef of the restaurant called Mario's?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the chef of Mario's.

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

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

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

6. What is Bourdain tolerant of when it comes to his workers?

7. Why does Bourdain go to Tokyo in 1999?

8. What is Working Progress?

9. Discuss the role of the line cook.

10. What are some of the essential items needed to prepare food at home?

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

Discuss some of the kitchen tips and secrets that Bourdain shares with the reader. Why does he share them with the reader?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the restaurant business, especially as portrayed in Bourdain's stomping ground, New York City. What is needed to run a successful restaurant? How might someone fail at the task?

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