View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was "Boy" Capel's first name?
(a) James.
(b) Arthur.
(c) John.
(d) David.

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

4. At the time of her birth, what was Chanel's mother's marital status?
(a) Widowed.
(b) Engaged.
(c) Single.
(d) Married.

5. What made Chanel memorable to everyone she met?
(a) Her vibrancy.
(b) Her constant laughter.
(c) Her strange dress-sense.
(d) Her booming voice.

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

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

8. From which village did Chanel's family come?
(a) Lautrec.
(b) Moulins.
(c) Ornes.
(d) Ponteils.

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

10. What influenced the design of men's clothes when Chanel was growing up?
(a) The need to impress women.
(b) The need to ride horses.
(c) The need to walk long distances.
(d) The need to be outdoors.

11. What did the city Chanel was born in have a great love for?
(a) Music.
(b) Boating.
(c) Equestrianism.
(d) Fashion.

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

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

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

15. In what year did Chanel return to Paris fashion?
(a) 1954.
(b) 1949.
(c) 1946.
(d) 1956.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what country was Coco Chanel born?

2. What hobby did Chanel adopt after meeting Balsan?

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

4. In which city was Chanel born?

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

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 382 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample