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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What were the last designs Chanel released before the beginning of WWII in 1939?
(a) Long dresses paired with silk capes.
(b) Flapper-style beaded dresses.
(c) Her gypsy-style evening gowns.
(d) Lace evening dresses.

3. Which of the following was not described as a popular fashion at the end of the 1800s?
(a) Foulard caps.
(b) Short boots.
(c) Slender waists.
(d) High collars.

4. In which region of her home country was Chanel born?
(a) Auvergne.
(b) The Cevennes.
(c) Limousin.
(d) Bergundy.

5. What kind of orphanage took in Chanel after she was abandoned?
(a) A foreign orphanage.
(b) A private orphanage.
(c) A provincial orphanage.
(d) A city orphanage.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the style of the era when Chanel was born?

2. Which designer had a piece declared as "the sweater of the year" by Vogue magazine in the 1930s?

3. After hats, what did Chanel turn her attention to designing?

4. Who lived nearby to Chanel's millinery shop?

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

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