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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After opening the shop in Biarritz, how many people did Chanel have in her employ?
(a) Three hundred.
(b) One hundred.
(c) One hundred and seventy-five.
(d) Around fifty.

2. What did Chanel's great-grandfather use to rent a property?
(a) He traded livestock.
(b) An inheritance.
(c) Gambling winnings.
(d) His wife's dowry.

3. During Chanel's Russian Period, what did she incorporate into her fashions?
(a) French lace.
(b) Rhinestones.
(c) Furs and embroidery.
(d) Crochet and macramé.

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

5. What does biographer Edmonde Charles-Roux say Chanel tried to conceal her entire life?
(a) Her shoe size.
(b) Her religious beliefs.
(c) The circumstances of her birth.
(d) Her real name.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who arranged a job for Chanel at a shop?

2. In the foreword, how is Chanel's work ethic described upon her return to Paris after her exile?

3. In the city where Chanel was born, what was August known as?

4. Which of the following did Chanel's father sell?

5. After WWI, what image did women want fashion to project?

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