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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the city where Chanel was born, for how long had women's fashion gone unchanged?
(a) For fifty years.
(b) For decades.
(c) For not very long.
(d) For a hundred years.

2. What happened when Chanel's parents marry?
(a) Chanel's parents became eligible for an inheritance.
(b) Albert Chanel officially became her father.
(c) Chanel went to live with them in Paris.
(d) Chanel's parents did not marry.

3. What was Coco Chanel's real first name?
(a) Natalie.
(b) Gabrielle.
(c) Monique.
(d) Marie.

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

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

6. Who was "Boy" Capel to Chanel?
(a) The only man Chanel would ever love.
(b) A rival.
(c) Her trusted business partner.
(d) A distant relation.

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

8. What property did Chanel's great-grandfather rent?
(a) A hall.
(b) A store room.
(c) An inn.
(d) A plot of farm land.

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

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

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

12. In terms of fashion, what was evolving quickly when Chanel was born?
(a) The use of modern fabrics.
(b) Women's fashions.
(c) Men's fashion.
(d) Lengths of skirts.

13. In what country was Coco Chanel born?
(a) France.
(b) Belgium.
(c) America.
(d) Switzerland.

14. What was Chanel's sudden return to Paris fashion described as?
(a) A lightning reappearance.
(b) An unwelcomed return.
(c) A well-timed homecoming.
(d) A rebirth.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What hobby did Chanel adopt after meeting Balsan?

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

4. What did Chanel's great-grandfather use to rent a property?

5. In what season was Chanel born?

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