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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What effect did the plagues have on provincial villages?
(a) Villages began to collapse.
(b) Village communities became distrustful of outsiders.
(c) The plagues had no lasting effect on provincial villages.
(d) Village populations began to grow.

2. When she was twenty years old, in which town was Chanel offered a job?
(a) Bellevue.
(b) Avernes.
(c) Moulins.
(d) Yzeure.

3. In what year did plagues begin to sweep through provincial villages?
(a) 1870.
(b) 1850.
(c) 1910.
(d) 1890.

4. What happened when Chanel's parents marry?
(a) Chanel's parents did not marry.
(b) Chanel's parents became eligible for an inheritance.
(c) Albert Chanel officially became her father.
(d) Chanel went to live with them in Paris.

5. In what country was Coco Chanel born?
(a) France.
(b) Switzerland.
(c) America.
(d) Belgium.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What brought Chanel back to Paris?

3. In what year did Chanel return to Paris fashion?

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

5. What kind of shop did Chanel open?

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