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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Coco, a Kept Woman.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year did plagues begin to sweep through provincial villages?
(a) 1850.
(b) 1870.
(c) 1910.
(d) 1890.

2. Who is said to have ushered Chanel into chateau life?
(a) Etienne Balsan.
(b) Boy Capel.
(c) Adrienne Chanel.
(d) Suzanne Orlandi.

3. Who are described as the fashion setters at the end of the 1800s?
(a) Silent film stars.
(b) Bohemian artisans.
(c) Cavalrymen.
(d) Aristocratic ladies and gentlemen.

4. Who lived nearby to Chanel's millinery shop?
(a) Boy Capel.
(b) Adrienne Chanel.
(c) Pierre Reverdy.
(d) George Clemenceau.

5. What did the city Chanel was born in have a great love for?
(a) Equestrianism.
(b) Fashion.
(c) Music.
(d) Boating.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Capel have make an elegant version of the simple lines Chanel always wore?

2. What was Chanel's father's name?

3. What was Chanel said to have become to "all the young lions of the age"?

4. What did Paul Morand write about Chanel and Capel?

5. Where did Chanel's nickname, Coco, come from?

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