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

2. Who was the first of Chanel's relatives to give up day labor?
(a) Her father.
(b) Her great-grandfather.
(c) Her grandfather.
(d) Her uncle.

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

4. What was Chanel's sister's name?
(a) Hélène.
(b) Danielle.
(c) Bernadette.
(d) Julia.

5. In what year was Chanel born?
(a) 1903.
(b) 1883.
(c) 1894.
(d) 1864.

6. For generations, what was Chanel's family's financial situation?
(a) Her family was middle class.
(b) Her family was poor.
(c) Her family was wealthy.
(d) Her family was working class.

7. What was Chanel's father's name?
(a) Phillipe.
(b) Gérard.
(c) Claude.
(d) Albert.

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

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

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

11. How did Chanel feel about the place where she stayed after leaving the orphanage?
(a) Chanel felt unwelcome.
(b) Chanel felt as if she was making a difference.
(c) Chanel felt the need to escape.
(d) Chanel felt at home.

12. In what season was Chanel born?
(a) Autumn.
(b) Spring.
(c) Summer.
(d) Winter.

13. In which region of her home country was Chanel born?
(a) Auvergne.
(b) The Cevennes.
(c) Bergundy.
(d) Limousin.

14. In the foreword, how is Chanel's work ethic described upon her return to Paris after her exile?
(a) Complaisant.
(b) Tyrannical.
(c) Inefficient.
(d) Exhausting.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where would Chanel's family gather their harvest from?

2. Who was "Boy" Capel to Chanel?

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

4. Who was Etienne Balsan?

5. Which of the following was not described as a popular fashion at the end of the 1800s?

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