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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where would Chanel's family gather their harvest from?
(a) Fields.
(b) Farmed land.
(c) Groves.
(d) Riverbanks.

2. From which village did Chanel's family come?
(a) Lautrec.
(b) Moulins.
(c) Ponteils.
(d) Ornes.

3. At what age did Chanel meet Etienne Balsan?
(a) Twenty.
(b) Twenty-two.
(c) Twenty-seven.
(d) Twenty-five.

4. What was Coco Chanel's real first name?
(a) Marie.
(b) Natalie.
(c) Monique.
(d) Gabrielle.

5. Which of the following was not described as a popular fashion at the end of the 1800s?
(a) High collars.
(b) Short boots.
(c) Foulard caps.
(d) Slender waists.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In the foreword, what is Chanel described as being "to the core"?

3. What kind of orphanage took in Chanel after she was abandoned?

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

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

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