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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is described as an important center of style in Chanel's birth city?
(a) The opera house.
(b) The racetrack.
(c) The church.
(d) The courthouse.

2. Which of the following was not described as a popular fashion at the end of the 1800s?
(a) Short boots.
(b) Slender waists.
(c) High collars.
(d) Foulard caps.

3. Who was Etienne Balsan?
(a) A horse breeder and equestrian.
(b) An investment banker.
(c) A manufacturer of uniforms.
(d) An architect and painter.

4. What influenced the design of men's clothes when Chanel was growing up?
(a) The need to ride horses.
(b) The need to be outdoors.
(c) The need to walk long distances.
(d) The need to impress women.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When she was twenty years old, in what kind of establishment was Chanel offered a job?

2. Who was "Boy" Capel to Chanel?

3. What kind of shop did Chanel open?

4. In the foreword, what is Chanel described as being "to the core"?

5. From which village did Chanel's family come?

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