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

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

3. Chanel designed costumes for plays at which venue?
(a) The palace at Versailles.
(b) Balsan's chateau.
(c) La Rotunde.
(d) The Moulin Rouge.

4. After leaving the orphanage, where did Chanel go to live?
(a) A boarding school.
(b) A convent.
(c) With relatives.
(d) A country manor.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Etienne Balsan?

2. What is said to have shaped the world in which Chanel spent her childhood?

3. What did Chanel do in order to have her fashions publicized?

4. What occupation was Chanel's father?

5. What effect did the plagues have on provincial villages?

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