Understanding Chic Quiz AQA Anthology

What is the profession of Natasha Fraser-Cavassoni, author of Understanding Chic?

• author, biographer, journalist

• cartographer and train enthusiast

• essayist, novelist

• travel blogger

Which of the following topics does the author NOT tend to write about?

• architecture

• fashion

• film

• hotels and restaurants

What was the first taste of a Latin country for the author?

• England

• Italy

• France

• Spain

What did the author find in the school notebooks in Paris?

• Lined pages

• Cubed pages

• Blank pages

• Colored pages

How old was the narrator when she first went to Paris?

• 20

• 13

• 25

• 12

What in the text is described as: polished to perfection?

• jewellery at a show she buys a bracelet

• the plates at a restaurant

• fruits at a market

• the windows at the hotel

What is the 'traumatic' experience she had whilst in Paris?

• She had to eat a snail

• her hotel was overbooked and she had nowhere to stay

• She was slapped by a French man

• She got lost in the Louvre museum

The slap made her dislike French culture

• true

• false

What is the precise mode of the text?

• Informal mode

• Formal mode

• written, formal with blended elements

• spoken with written elements

What is the purpose of the text?

• inform, entertain

• inform, persuade

• entertain, advice

• Discuss, inform