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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is described as one of Chanel's most scandalous affairs?
(a) An affair with a Hollywood star.
(b) An affair with a German officer.
(c) An affair with a married royal.
(d) An affair with the French Prime Minister.

2. What did Chanel's great-grandfather turn his rented property into?
(a) A bakery.
(b) A butcher's shop.
(c) A bistro.
(d) A weavery.

3. What brought Chanel back to Paris?
(a) Her company was on the brink of bankruptcy.
(b) She missed her family.
(c) Her competition with Christian Dior.
(d) She missed her friends.

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

5. In what year did Chanel's parents marry?
(a) 1875.
(b) Her parents did not marry.
(c) 1891.
(d) 1884.

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

7. During her time at the chateau, to what did Chanel apply her charms and style?
(a) The art of seduction.
(b) Making friends.
(c) Entering high-society.
(d) Beginning a career in the theatre.

8. Which of the following events was not described as happening when Chanel was born?
(a) Presentations of troops.
(b) Riding instructions.
(c) Parades.
(d) Quadrilles.

9. At the time of her birth, what was Chanel's mother's marital status?
(a) Engaged.
(b) Single.
(c) Married.
(d) Widowed.

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

11. What is described as an important center of style in Chanel's birth city?
(a) The church.
(b) The racetrack.
(c) The courthouse.
(d) The opera house.

12. What did Chanel's frequent role as a mistress to married men make her yearn for?
(a) The good sense to stay away from married men.
(b) A man to chose her above all others.
(c) A life on her own.
(d) For marriage to be outlawed.

13. What part of Chanel's life is explored in the book's Introduction?
(a) Her middle age.
(b) Her early childhood.
(c) Her young adulthood.
(d) Her life just before her death.

14. Who was the first of Chanel's family to work as a peddler?
(a) Her great-grandfather.
(b) Her father.
(c) Her uncle.
(d) Her grandfather.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Chanel go during her self-imposed exile following her scandalous affair?

2. In what year was Chanel born?

3. What was Chanel said to have become to "all the young lions of the age"?

4. When did Chanel's father abandon her?

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

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