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

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

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

4. For generations, what had Chanel's family made a living gathering?
(a) Grains.
(b) Truffles.
(c) Chestnuts.
(d) Mushrooms.

5. What effect did the plagues have on provincial villages?
(a) Villages began to collapse.
(b) The plagues had no lasting effect on provincial villages.
(c) Village communities became distrustful of outsiders.
(d) Village populations began to grow.

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

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

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

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

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

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

12. In her twenties, in which artistic field did Chanel attempt to find success?
(a) In music.
(b) In painting.
(c) In dance.
(d) In the theatre.

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

14. What was fashion at the time of Chanel's birth said to have made women look?
(a) Like pillowcases.
(b) Like decorated cakes.
(c) Like haystacks.
(d) Deformed and crippled.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what year did Chanel's parents marry?

3. What is described as one of Chanel's most scandalous affairs?

4. In the foreword, how is Chanel's work ethic described upon her return to Paris after her exile?

5. What was the advantage of men's clothing at the time of Chanel's birth?

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