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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Coco, a Kept Woman.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Chanel said to have become to "all the young lions of the age"?
(a) A target.
(b) A distraction.
(c) A trophy.
(d) A darling.

2. In what year did Chanel return to Paris fashion?
(a) 1949.
(b) 1954.
(c) 1946.
(d) 1956.

3. Chanel designed costumes for plays at which venue?
(a) The palace at Versailles.
(b) La Rotunde.
(c) The Moulin Rouge.
(d) Balsan's chateau.

4. As a young woman, on what did Adrienne Chanel focus her attention?
(a) Raising her siblings.
(b) Having a career in fashion.
(c) Being accepted in high society.
(d) Studying at university.

5. Who was Adrienne Chanel?
(a) Coco's aunt.
(b) Coco's mother.
(c) Coco's cousin.
(d) Coco's sister.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Chanel's frequent role as a mistress to married men make her yearn for?

3. What was Chanel's sudden return to Paris fashion described as?

4. Who did Capel have make an elegant version of the simple lines Chanel always wore?

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

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