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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year was a Broadway musical about Chanel produced?
(a) 1959.
(b) 1963.
(c) 1970.
(d) 1968.

2. When she was twenty years old, in what kind of establishment was Chanel offered a job?
(a) A tailor's shop.
(b) A cafe.
(c) A shoe factory.
(d) A shop.

3. Why did Sam Goldwyn want to use Chanel's fashions in his films?
(a) To capitalize on Chanel's fame.
(b) To help Chanel out when business was bad.
(c) To create a timeless look for his films.
(d) To attract women to the cinema.

4. How did the press regard Chanel as she gained fame?
(a) With curiosity
(b) With disdain.
(c) As a fashion "wild child."
(d) With growing respect.

5. Where did Chanel live when she was in Paris?
(a) With her sister, Antoinette.
(b) In Boy Capel's former apartment.
(c) At the Ritz Hotel.
(d) Above her Rue Cambon shop.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of orphanage took in Chanel after she was abandoned?

2. What did Le Mode magazine begin to do which helped Chanel's career?

3. Who was George Clemenceau?

4. What effect did the plagues have on provincial villages?

5. When she was twenty years old, in which town was Chanel offered a job?

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