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

2. After leaving the orphanage, where did Chanel go to live?
(a) A country manor.
(b) A convent.
(c) With relatives.
(d) A boarding school.

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

4. What property did Chanel's great-grandfather rent?
(a) A hall.
(b) A plot of farm land.
(c) An inn.
(d) A store room.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What made Chanel different from the other girls at the novitiate?

2. Who did Chanel describe as a nasal-voiced old clown?

3. What hobby did Chanel adopt after meeting Balsan?

4. What does biographer Edmonde Charles-Roux say Chanel tried to conceal her entire life?

5. How old was Chanel when her mother died?

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