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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was Chanel's sister's name?
(a) Julia.
(b) Danielle.
(c) Bernadette.
(d) Hélène.

3. Because of her inexperience in the fashion trade, what characterized Chanel's shop?
(a) Ill-fitting clothes.
(b) Underpriced merchandise.
(c) Inconsistent business hours.
(d) A sense of looseness.

4. What did Chanel design to sell at Biarritz?
(a) Sunglasses.
(b) Straw hats.
(c) Two-piece bathing suits.
(d) Dresses.

5. At what age did Chanel decide to enter the novitiate?
(a) Ten years old.
(b) Eighteen years old.
(c) Sixteen years old.
(d) Twenty years old.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is described as an important center of style in Chanel's birth city?

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

3. What common item of clothing was Chanel credited with developing?

4. Where would Chanel's family gather their harvest from?

5. Which of the following is not described as an experience of Chanel's childhood?

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