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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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 as tough as men.
(d) That they were to be taken seriously.

3. At what age did Chanel leave the orphanage?
(a) Thirteen.
(b) Eighteen.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Sixteen.

4. Why did Chanel take a job as a water dispenser?
(a) To earn money for fabrics and threads
(b) To brush shoulders with high society.
(c) To pay for her sister's schooling.
(d) To earn money for singing lessons.

5. What did Chanel design to sell at Biarritz?
(a) Sunglasses.
(b) Straw hats.
(c) Dresses.
(d) Two-piece bathing suits.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Emilienne d'Alecon?

2. Upon her return to fashion, how long did Chanel take to ready her first line of designs?

3. Who is said to have ushered Chanel into chateau life?

4. What did Chanel hope to rid women's fashion of when she returned from her exile?

5. During Chanel's Russian Period, what did she incorporate into her fashions?

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