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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Chanel's sudden return to Paris fashion described as?
(a) An unwelcomed return.
(b) A lightning reappearance.
(c) A rebirth.
(d) A well-timed homecoming.

2. Who was the first of Chanel's family to work as a peddler?
(a) Her great-grandfather.
(b) Her grandfather.
(c) Her uncle.
(d) Her father.

3. What effect did the plagues have on provincial villages?
(a) Village communities became distrustful of outsiders.
(b) Village populations began to grow.
(c) The plagues had no lasting effect on provincial villages.
(d) Villages began to collapse.

4. What was the occupation of Chanel's friend, Caryathis?
(a) A cubist painter.
(b) A fashion designer.
(c) A concert pianist.
(d) A dancer.

5. How old was Chanel when she returned to the world of fashion after her exile?
(a) In her fifties.
(b) In her eighties.
(c) In her seventies.
(d) In her sixties.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the city Chanel was born in have a great love for?

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

3. What inspired Chanel's black period?

4. Rather than fashion, what did Chanel wish to create with her work?

5. In the city where Chanel was born, for how long had women's fashion gone unchanged?

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