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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Chanel do in order to have her fashions publicized?
(a) Sent samples to fashion magazines.
(b) Held in-store parties for her clients.
(c) Staged shows for magazine editors.
(d) Dressed her influential friends.

2. In the city where Chanel was born, for how long had women's fashion gone unchanged?
(a) For a hundred years.
(b) For not very long.
(c) For decades.
(d) For fifty years.

3. How old was Chanel when her mother died?
(a) Twelve years old.
(b) Three years old.
(c) Eight years old.
(d) Fifteen years old.

4. When did Chanel's parents marry?
(a) A few months after her birth.
(b) Three years after her birth.
(c) Two months before her birth.
(d) Never.

5. From where did Chanel gain much of her business in 1914?
(a) Doing business with Hollywood.
(b) Wealthy people replacing their clothes destroyed in the war.
(c) Manufacturing military uniforms.
(d) Christmas sales of her popular new perfume.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the advantage of men's clothing at the time of Chanel's birth?

2. How long did Adrienne Chanel wait to marry her lover?

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

4. What was the occupation of Chanel's friend, Caryathis?

5. Where did Balsan allow Chanel to open up a millinery shop?

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