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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Coco, a Kept Woman.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To which of her acquaintances did Chanel share a very similar background?
(a) Cecil Sorel.
(b) Gabrielle Dorziat.
(c) Etienne Balsan.
(d) Suzanne Orlandi.

2. In what year was Chanel born?
(a) 1894.
(b) 1903.
(c) 1883.
(d) 1864.

3. Around the time Chanel was trying to break into the theatre, what performances were favored by the nouveau-riche?
(a) Operettas.
(b) Poetry readings.
(c) Orchestral performances.
(d) Mime.

4. In the foreword, what is Chanel described as being "to the core"?
(a) A businesswoman.
(b) An innovator.
(c) An idealist.
(d) A romantic.

5. In the city where Chanel was born, for how long had women's fashion gone unchanged?
(a) For a hundred years.
(b) For fifty years.
(c) For not very long.
(d) For decades.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the first of Chanel's family to work as a peddler?

2. What is said to have shaped the world in which Chanel spent her childhood?

3. For generations, what had Chanel's family made a living gathering?

4. Where did Chanel open a shop with help from Capel?

5. Who was Adrienne Chanel?

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