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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What effect did the plagues have on provincial villages?
(a) Villages began to collapse.
(b) Village communities became distrustful of outsiders.
(c) Village populations began to grow.
(d) The plagues had no lasting effect on provincial villages.

2. How did Chanel feel about the place where she stayed after leaving the orphanage?
(a) Chanel felt at home.
(b) Chanel felt as if she was making a difference.
(c) Chanel felt the need to escape.
(d) Chanel felt unwelcome.

3. Where did Chanel go during her self-imposed exile following her scandalous affair?
(a) England.
(b) Switzerland.
(c) America.
(d) Spain.

4. Who was "Boy" Capel to Chanel?
(a) Her trusted business partner.
(b) A distant relation.
(c) The only man Chanel would ever love.
(d) A rival.

5. What occupation was Chanel's father?
(a) A traveling peddler.
(b) A tailor.
(c) A farmer.
(d) A teacher.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Chanel's great-grandfather use to rent a property?

2. Which of the following events was not described as happening when Chanel was born?

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

4. In what year did Chanel's parents marry?

5. What does biographer Edmonde Charles-Roux say Chanel tried to conceal her entire life?

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