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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When she was twenty years old, in which town was Chanel offered a job?
(a) Avernes.
(b) Yzeure.
(c) Bellevue.
(d) Moulins.

2. Who provided Chanel the finances to open her shop?
(a) A government grant.
(b) Balsan.
(c) Capel.
(d) Her grandfather.

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

4. What did Chanel's frequent role as a mistress to married men make her yearn for?
(a) The good sense to stay away from married men.
(b) A life on her own.
(c) A man to chose her above all others.
(d) For marriage to be outlawed.

5. In what year did Chanel's parents marry?
(a) Her parents did not marry.
(b) 1884.
(c) 1875.
(d) 1891.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What happened when Chanel's parents marry?

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

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

5. During her time at the chateau, to what did Chanel apply her charms and style?

(see the answer key)

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