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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Coco, a Kept Woman.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Chanel's parents marry?
(a) Three years after her birth.
(b) Never.
(c) Two months before her birth.
(d) A few months after her birth.

2. What did Le Mode magazine begin to do which helped Chanel's career?
(a) Printing in color.
(b) Reporting on up-and-coming designers.
(c) Focusing on active wear.
(d) Photographing women outdoors.

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

4. What influenced the design of men's clothes when Chanel was growing up?
(a) The need to ride horses.
(b) The need to be outdoors.
(c) The need to impress women.
(d) The need to walk long distances.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Chanel's role in her theatre performances?

2. How is the shop described where Chanel was sent to work?

3. What was fashion at the time of Chanel's birth said to have made women look?

4. In the foreword, how is Chanel's work ethic described upon her return to Paris after her exile?

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

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