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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Boy Capel die?
(a) In an automobile accident.
(b) In a hotel fire.
(c) From tuberculosis.
(d) By a case of measles.

2. From which village did Chanel's family come?
(a) Ornes.
(b) Lautrec.
(c) Moulins.
(d) Ponteils.

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

4. In what year did plagues begin to sweep through provincial villages?
(a) 1890.
(b) 1870.
(c) 1910.
(d) 1850.

5. What was fashion at the time of Chanel's birth said to have made women look?
(a) Like decorated cakes.
(b) Deformed and crippled.
(c) Like haystacks.
(d) Like pillowcases.

Short Answer Questions

1. What occupation was Chanel's father?

2. To which of her acquaintances did Chanel share a very similar background?

3. At what age did Chanel meet Etienne Balsan?

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

5. What did Chanel do for her friend Raymond Radiguet?

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