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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For generations, what was Chanel's family's financial situation?
(a) Her family was working class.
(b) Her family was wealthy.
(c) Her family was poor.
(d) Her family was middle class.

2. What happened when Chanel's parents marry?
(a) Chanel's parents did not marry.
(b) Chanel went to live with them in Paris.
(c) Chanel's parents became eligible for an inheritance.
(d) Albert Chanel officially became her father.

3. What brought Chanel back to Paris?
(a) Her competition with Christian Dior.
(b) Her company was on the brink of bankruptcy.
(c) She missed her family.
(d) She missed her friends.

4. In the foreword, how is Chanel's work ethic described upon her return to Paris after her exile?
(a) Tyrannical.
(b) Exhausting.
(c) Inefficient.
(d) Complaisant.

5. In terms of fashion, what was evolving quickly when Chanel was born?
(a) Lengths of skirts.
(b) Women's fashions.
(c) Men's fashion.
(d) The use of modern fabrics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what season was Chanel born?

3. What kind of shop did Chanel open?

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

5. Who are described as the fashion setters at the end of the 1800s?

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