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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is said to have been Chanel's best means for promoting her style?
(a) Her fashion shows.
(b) Her own image.
(c) Her flagship shop.
(d) Her models.

2. Who was the first of Chanel's relatives to give up day labor?
(a) Her great-grandfather.
(b) Her uncle.
(c) Her grandfather.
(d) Her father.

3. After WWI, what image did women want fashion to project?
(a) That they were dainty and delicate.
(b) That they took pride in their looks.
(c) That they were to be taken seriously.
(d) That they were as tough as men.

4. In the city where Chanel was born, for how long had women's fashion gone unchanged?
(a) For not very long.
(b) For decades.
(c) For a hundred years.
(d) For fifty years.

5. How long had Dior been a popular designer before Chanel returned from her exile?
(a) Two years.
(b) Six months.
(c) Seven years.
(d) Five years.

Short Answer Questions

1. What occupation was Chanel's father?

2. Who did Chanel describe as a nasal-voiced old clown?

3. To what school of artists did Chanel remain as a friend in the 1930s?

4. Because of her inexperience in the fashion trade, what characterized Chanel's shop?

5. For generations, what had Chanel's family made a living gathering?

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