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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What brought Chanel back to Paris?
(a) Her company was on the brink of bankruptcy.
(b) She missed her friends.
(c) Her competition with Christian Dior.
(d) She missed her family.

2. After hats, what did Chanel turn her attention to designing?
(a) Ball gowns.
(b) Active wear.
(c) Jewelry.
(d) Wedding dresses.

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

4. What were the 10th Chasseurs?
(a) A group of nineteenth century painters and poets.
(b) A travelling group of performers.
(c) A regiment of aristocratic gentlemen.
(d) A nickname for the royal family.

5. What occupation was Chanel's father?
(a) A teacher.
(b) A farmer.
(c) A tailor.
(d) A traveling peddler.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Chanel's signature scent developed during her Russian Period.

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

3. In what country was Coco Chanel born?

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

5. What were the first of Chanel's designs to become popular?

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