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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Chanel style her first summer home after?
(a) The orphanage she grew up in.
(b) The Paris Museum of Natural History.
(c) Balsan's chateau.
(d) Buckingham palace.

2. Simply put, for what did Chanel become famous?
(a) Simplicity.
(b) Being different.
(c) Her love life.
(d) Shocking the public.

3. What did Chanel believe people looked to her designs for?
(a) The prestige of her name on the label.
(b) Sartorial expression.
(c) Innovation.
(d) A new modern lifestyle.

4. What fashion staple did Chanel introduce in her black period?
(a) Black high heels.
(b) The little black dress.
(c) Black satin gloves.
(d) Matching purse and shoes.

5. What did Paul Morand write about Chanel and Capel?
(a) A play.
(b) A short story.
(c) A magazine article.
(d) An opera.

6. How is Boy Capel's attitude described?
(a) Nurturing.
(b) Carefree.
(c) Aggressive.
(d) Ambitious.

7. Who eventually took over Chanel's shop at Biarritz?
(a) Adrienne Chanel.
(b) Boy Capel.
(c) Charles Fredrick Worth.
(d) Antoinette Chanel.

8. Who did Chanel choose as her lover from the 10th Chasseurs?
(a) The Duke of Westminster.
(b) Boy Capel.
(c) Etienne Balsan.
(d) Pablo Picasso.

9. From where did Chanel gain much of her business in 1914?
(a) Christmas sales of her popular new perfume.
(b) Doing business with Hollywood.
(c) Manufacturing military uniforms.
(d) Wealthy people replacing their clothes destroyed in the war.

10. Why did Sam Goldwyn want to use Chanel's fashions in his films?
(a) To create a timeless look for his films.
(b) To attract women to the cinema.
(c) To help Chanel out when business was bad.
(d) To capitalize on Chanel's fame.

11. Who lived nearby to Chanel's millinery shop?
(a) Boy Capel.
(b) George Clemenceau.
(c) Pierre Reverdy.
(d) Adrienne Chanel.

12. Who did Capel have make an elegant version of the simple lines Chanel always wore?
(a) An English tailor.
(b) One of his mistresses.
(c) Chanel herself.
(d) A competing designer.

13. Who arranged a job for Chanel at a shop?
(a) A former teacher.
(b) Her canonesses.
(c) A local merchant.
(d) Her uncle.

14. What were the 10th Chasseurs?
(a) A travelling group of performers.
(b) A group of nineteenth century painters and poets.
(c) A regiment of aristocratic gentlemen.
(d) A nickname for the royal family.

15. How did Boy Capel die?
(a) From tuberculosis.
(b) In a hotel fire.
(c) In an automobile accident.
(d) By a case of measles.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Emilienne d'Alecon?

2. To which commission was Boy Capel transferred by Clemenceau?

3. What inspired Chanel's black period?

4. What invention made the flaws of women's dress apparent?

5. Where did Balsan allow Chanel to open up a millinery shop?

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