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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Coco Chanel's real first name?
(a) Natalie.
(b) Marie.
(c) Gabrielle.
(d) Monique.

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

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

4. What was Chanel said to have become to "all the young lions of the age"?
(a) A distraction.
(b) A trophy.
(c) A darling.
(d) A target.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year was Chanel born?

2. When she was twenty years old, in what kind of establishment was Chanel offered a job?

3. After leaving the orphanage, where did Chanel go to live?

4. What did Chanel's frequent role as a mistress to married men make her yearn for?

5. What kind of shop did Chanel open?

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