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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 did Chanel's great-grandfather use to rent a property?
(a) His wife's dowry.
(b) He traded livestock.
(c) An inheritance.
(d) Gambling winnings.

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

3. Which of the following events was not described as happening when Chanel was born?
(a) Riding instructions.
(b) Parades.
(c) Quadrilles.
(d) Presentations of troops.

4. What was fashion at the time of Chanel's birth said to have made women look?
(a) Like pillowcases.
(b) Like haystacks.
(c) Like decorated cakes.
(d) Deformed and crippled.

5. In which region of her home country was Chanel born?
(a) Bergundy.
(b) Auvergne.
(c) Limousin.
(d) The Cevennes.

Short Answer Questions

1. As a young woman, on what did Adrienne Chanel focus her attention?

2. How did Chanel feel about the place where she stayed after leaving the orphanage?

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

4. How is the shop described where Chanel was sent to work?

5. Who was Emilienne d'Alecon?

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