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

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

3. Who provided Chanel the finances to open her shop?
(a) Capel.
(b) Her grandfather.
(c) A government grant.
(d) Balsan.

4. At what age did Chanel decide to enter the novitiate?
(a) Sixteen years old.
(b) Eighteen years old.
(c) Twenty years old.
(d) Ten years old.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. During her time at the chateau, to what did Chanel apply her charms and style?

3. How old was Chanel when her mother died?

4. As a young woman, on what did Adrienne Chanel focus her attention?

5. What influenced the design of men's clothes when Chanel was growing up?

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