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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Chanel's parents marry?
(a) A few months after her birth.
(b) Three years after her birth.
(c) Never.
(d) Two months before her birth.

2. For generations, what had Chanel's family made a living gathering?
(a) Truffles.
(b) Chestnuts.
(c) Mushrooms.
(d) Grains.

3. When she was twenty years old, in what kind of establishment was Chanel offered a job?
(a) A shoe factory.
(b) A cafe.
(c) A tailor's shop.
(d) A shop.

4. What was fashion at the time of Chanel's birth said to have made women look?
(a) Like pillowcases.
(b) Like haystacks.
(c) Deformed and crippled.
(d) Like decorated cakes.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In the city where Chanel was born, for how long had women's fashion gone unchanged?

2. With which of the following dukes did Chanel have a relationship?

3. Who provided Chanel the finances to open her shop?

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

5. In what year did plagues begin to sweep through provincial villages?

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