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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who did Chanel describe as a nasal-voiced old clown?
(a) Gabrielle Dorziat.
(b) Sarah Bernhardt.
(c) Emilienne d'Alecon.
(d) Pablo Picasso.

4. What garment gave Chanel her first major commercial success?
(a) A silk capelet.
(b) A beaded ladies' dinner jacket.
(c) A corset-less suit.
(d) A folded-collar blouse.

5. What did Chanel's frequent role as a mistress to married men make her yearn for?
(a) For marriage to be outlawed.
(b) A man to chose her above all others.
(c) The good sense to stay away from married men.
(d) A life on her own.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following was not described as a popular fashion at the end of the 1800s?

2. In what year was Chanel born?

3. In what year did plagues begin to sweep through provincial villages?

4. After opening the shop in Biarritz, how many people did Chanel have in her employ?

5. In "Coco, a Kept Woman," which of the following is not described as one of the dominant designers in Paris fashion?

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