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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following was not described as a popular fashion at the end of the 1800s?
(a) High collars.
(b) Short boots.
(c) Foulard caps.
(d) Slender waists.

2. Who provided Chanel the finances to open her shop?
(a) Capel.
(b) Balsan.
(c) A government grant.
(d) Her grandfather.

3. Which of the following is not described as an experience of Chanel's childhood?
(a) Huge family gatherings.
(b) Fashion shows.
(c) Public markets.
(d) Festivals.

4. In the foreword, what is Chanel described as being "to the core"?
(a) A romantic.
(b) An idealist.
(c) A businesswoman.
(d) An innovator.

5. When she was twenty years old, in what kind of establishment was Chanel offered a job?
(a) A shop.
(b) A shoe factory.
(c) A tailor's shop.
(d) A cafe.

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

7. What is said to have shaped the world in which Chanel spent her childhood?
(a) Her mother's poor mental health.
(b) The disruption of family life.
(c) The war.
(d) Abject poverty.

8. For what was Etienne Balsan famous?
(a) His mistresses.
(b) His altruism.
(c) His bad investments.
(d) His abuse of alcohol.

9. In what year did plagues begin to sweep through provincial villages?
(a) 1890.
(b) 1870.
(c) 1910.
(d) 1850.

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

11. What did Chanel's great-grandfather use to rent a property?
(a) An inheritance.
(b) He traded livestock.
(c) His wife's dowry.
(d) Gambling winnings.

12. What occupation was Chanel's father?
(a) A traveling peddler.
(b) A teacher.
(c) A farmer.
(d) A tailor.

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

14. In the city where Chanel was born, what influenced women's fashion?
(a) The cold climate.
(b) The harsh dust and sun.
(c) Bohemian artistry.
(d) The proximity to the sea.

15. At what age did Chanel meet Etienne Balsan?
(a) Twenty-seven.
(b) Twenty-five.
(c) Twenty-two.
(d) Twenty.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the city where Chanel was born, for how long had women's fashion gone unchanged?

2. How soon after opening Chanel's shop does WWI begin?

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

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

5. In which city was Chanel born?

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