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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At what age did Chanel leave the orphanage?
(a) Twenty.
(b) Thirteen.
(c) Eighteen.
(d) Sixteen.

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

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

4. In the foreword, what is Chanel described as being "to the core"?
(a) An idealist.
(b) A romantic.
(c) A businesswoman.
(d) An innovator.

5. Who was the first of Chanel's relatives to give up day labor?
(a) Her great-grandfather.
(b) Her uncle.
(c) Her grandfather.
(d) Her father.

6. Who provided Chanel the finances to open her shop?
(a) A government grant.
(b) Balsan.
(c) Her grandfather.
(d) Capel.

7. In what year did Chanel return to Paris fashion?
(a) 1954.
(b) 1949.
(c) 1956.
(d) 1946.

8. In what area was Chanel's pairing with "Boy" Capel advantageous?
(a) Politics.
(b) Religion.
(c) Business.
(d) Society.

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

10. When she was twenty years old, in which town was Chanel offered a job?
(a) Moulins.
(b) Avernes.
(c) Yzeure.
(d) Bellevue.

11. What was Chanel's father's name?
(a) Claude.
(b) Gérard.
(c) Phillipe.
(d) Albert.

12. What hobby did Chanel adopt after meeting Balsan?
(a) Dog breeding.
(b) Sewing.
(c) Horseback riding.
(d) Photography.

13. For generations, what had Chanel's family made a living gathering?
(a) Mushrooms.
(b) Truffles.
(c) Grains.
(d) Chestnuts.

14. How soon after opening Chanel's shop does WWI begin?
(a) Two years.
(b) Six months.
(c) A year and a half.
(d) One year.

15. In what country was Coco Chanel born?
(a) France.
(b) America.
(c) Belgium.
(d) Switzerland.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Chanel's sudden return to Paris fashion described as?

2. Who are described as the fashion setters at the end of the 1800s?

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

4. Who was the first of Chanel's family to work as a peddler?

5. In which region of her home country was Chanel born?

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