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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did Chanel style her first summer home after?
(a) Balsan's chateau.
(b) The Paris Museum of Natural History.
(c) The orphanage she grew up in.
(d) Buckingham palace.

3. What common item of clothing was Chanel credited with developing?
(a) The bathing suit.
(b) Women's shorts.
(c) The boater hat.
(d) Knitted sweaters.

4. How old was Chanel when her mother died?
(a) Fifteen years old.
(b) Eight years old.
(c) Twelve years old.
(d) Three years old.

5. For which stage production directed by Cocteau did Chanel act as costumer?
(a) Les Monstres sacrés.
(b) La Lampe d'Aladin.
(c) Antigone.
(d) Allégories.

6. Where did Balsan allow Chanel to open up a millinery shop?
(a) In his unused apartment.
(b) On the grounds of his chateau.
(c) On Rue Cambon.
(d) In a department store.

7. What was distinctive about Clemenceau's manner of dress?
(a) It was considered inappropriate for a man of his age.
(b) It was a combination of finery and rumpled field clothes.
(c) It was a combination of men's and women's clothing.
(d) It was intricately decorated.

8. Why did Sam Goldwyn want to use Chanel's fashions in his films?
(a) To attract women to the cinema.
(b) To create a timeless look for his films.
(c) To help Chanel out when business was bad.
(d) To capitalize on Chanel's fame.

9. Who did Chanel select to be the director of design for her new line of jewelry?
(a) Pierre Reverdy.
(b) Jean Cocteau.
(c) Jacques Doucet.
(d) Comte Etienne de Beaumont.

10. What major event occurred in 1914 which affected Chanel's work?
(a) A labor strike prevented the manufacture of fabrics.
(b) The Germans invaded France.
(c) A legislative election was held.
(d) Downtown Paris flooded destroying Chanel's design shop.

11. What was the occupation of Chanel's friend, Caryathis?
(a) A dancer.
(b) A fashion designer.
(c) A cubist painter.
(d) A concert pianist.

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

13. Who is said to have ushered Chanel into chateau life?
(a) Suzanne Orlandi.
(b) Adrienne Chanel.
(c) Boy Capel.
(d) Etienne Balsan.

14. What invention made the flaws of women's dress apparent?
(a) Electric heaters.
(b) Washing machines.
(c) Cameras.
(d) Motor vehicles.

15. At what age did Chanel decide to enter the novitiate?
(a) Ten years old.
(b) Sixteen years old.
(c) Eighteen years old.
(d) Twenty years old.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Chanel choose as her lover from the 10th Chasseurs?

2. What did Chanel introduce to her collections in 1932?

3. What did Chanel realize she could do at Biarritz?

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

5. Where did Chanel make her stage debut?

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