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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Introduction.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How soon after opening Chanel's shop does WWI begin?
(a) Six months.
(b) Two years.
(c) One year.
(d) A year and a half.

2. After leaving the orphanage, where did Chanel go to live?
(a) A convent.
(b) With relatives.
(c) A boarding school.
(d) A country manor.

3. How did Chanel feel about the place where she stayed after leaving the orphanage?
(a) Chanel felt the need to escape.
(b) Chanel felt unwelcome.
(c) Chanel felt as if she was making a difference.
(d) Chanel felt at home.

4. Who was Etienne Balsan?
(a) An investment banker.
(b) A horse breeder and equestrian.
(c) An architect and painter.
(d) A manufacturer of uniforms.

5. What did Chanel's frequent role as a mistress to married men make her yearn for?
(a) The good sense to stay away from married men.
(b) A life on her own.
(c) A man to chose her above all others.
(d) For marriage to be outlawed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Chanel's great-grandfather use to rent a property?

2. Which of the following did Chanel's father sell?

3. In what year did plagues begin to sweep through provincial villages?

4. What property did Chanel's great-grandfather rent?

5. Which of the following events was not described as happening when Chanel was born?

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