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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Bourdain's first thought when waking up in the morning?

2. How many hours is Bourdain's flight to Tokyo?

3. What do Steve and Bourdain have in common?

4. What does the owner of Let's-Call-It-Gino's go to jail for?

5. What experience does Bourdain detest?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Bourdain's time at the Culinary Institute of America. What is his opinion of the program? What does he learn during his time there?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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