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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What hobby did Chanel adopt after meeting Balsan?
(a) Horseback riding.
(b) Sewing.
(c) Dog breeding.
(d) Photography.

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

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

5. Where would Chanel's family gather their harvest from?
(a) Fields.
(b) Farmed land.
(c) Riverbanks.
(d) Groves.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following events was not described as happening when Chanel was born?

2. At the time of her birth, what was Chanel's mother's marital status?

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

4. What did the city Chanel was born in have a great love for?

5. In the foreword, what is Chanel described as being "to the core"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where did Chanel go after leaving the convent?

2. What brought Chanel back to Paris in 1954?

3. In business terms, how important was Chanel's relationship with Arthur "Boy" Capel?

4. What did Chanel's father do for a living?

5. In Saumer, what influenced women's fashion at the time of Chanel's birth?

6. What sort of environments was Chanel surrounded by as a child?

7. How did Chanel's relationships with aristocrats influence her work?

8. Where was Chanel's family from, and where was she herself born?

9. What are some pieces of fashionable styles for men named in the Introduction of the book?

10. Who was Etienne Balsan?

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