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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As stated by Chanel, what were men not meant to do?
(a) Follow fashion trends.
(b) Play second fiddle to a successful woman.
(c) Stay monogamous.
(d) Dress women.

2. Where did Chanel open a shop with help from Capel?
(a) Beside a theatre.
(b) On Rue Rivoli.
(c) On Rue Cambon.
(d) The Ritz Hotel.

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

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

5. What made Chanel different from the other girls at the novitiate?
(a) She was an orphan.
(b) She did not come from a wealthy family.
(c) She dressed differently.
(d) She had no interest in religious life.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Paul Morand write about Chanel and Capel?

2. When did Chanel's father abandon her?

3. While living at the chateau, what did Chanel begin to develop a wardrobe specifically for?

4. What was Chanel said to have become to "all the young lions of the age"?

5. What common item of clothing was Chanel credited with developing?

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