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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With which of the following dukes did Chanel have a relationship?
(a) The Duke of Lorraine.
(b) The Duke of Burgundy.
(c) The Duke of Westminster.
(d) The Duke of Savoy.

2. At the time of her birth, what was Chanel's mother's marital status?
(a) Widowed.
(b) Single.
(c) Married.
(d) Engaged.

3. What did Chanel's frequent role as a mistress to married men make her yearn for?
(a) The good sense to stay away from married men.
(b) A life on her own.
(c) A man to chose her above all others.
(d) For marriage to be outlawed.

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

5. What was Chanel's sudden return to Paris fashion described as?
(a) A lightning reappearance.
(b) An unwelcomed return.
(c) A rebirth.
(d) A well-timed homecoming.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Chanel feel about the place where she stayed after leaving the orphanage?

2. Who was Etienne Balsan?

3. What was Coco Chanel's real first name?

4. When she was twenty years old, in which town was Chanel offered a job?

5. After leaving the orphanage, where did Chanel go to live?

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