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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is the shop described where Chanel was sent to work?
(a) As busy.
(b) As inviting.
(c) As elegant.
(d) As small and dingy.

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

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

4. What did Boy's transfer away from the front lines allow him to do?
(a) Devote time to publicizing Chanel.
(b) Market research to benefit Chanel's shop.
(c) Take Chanel on vacation.
(d) Hold more meetings with investors in Chanel's business.

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

6. What did Chanel design to sell at Biarritz?
(a) Sunglasses.
(b) Straw hats.
(c) Two-piece bathing suits.
(d) Dresses.

7. After WWI, what image did women want fashion to project?
(a) That they were as tough as men.
(b) That they took pride in their looks.
(c) That they were to be taken seriously.
(d) That they were dainty and delicate.

8. Because of her inexperience in the fashion trade, what characterized Chanel's shop?
(a) Inconsistent business hours.
(b) Underpriced merchandise.
(c) Ill-fitting clothes.
(d) A sense of looseness.

9. To which of her acquaintances did Chanel share a very similar background?
(a) Suzanne Orlandi.
(b) Etienne Balsan.
(c) Gabrielle Dorziat.
(d) Cecil Sorel.

10. What did Chanel introduce to her collections in 1932?
(a) Rain jackets and umbrellas.
(b) Footwear.
(c) Jewelry made with real jewels.
(d) Designer sunglasses.

11. For which stage production directed by Cocteau did Chanel act as costumer?
(a) Allégories.
(b) Antigone.
(c) La Lampe d'Aladin.
(d) Les Monstres sacrés.

12. Chanel designed costumes for plays at which venue?
(a) Balsan's chateau.
(b) La Rotunde.
(c) The Moulin Rouge.
(d) The palace at Versailles.

13. How long did Chanel stay at the novitiate?
(a) One year.
(b) Two years.
(c) Four years.
(d) Six months.

14. How long did Adrienne Chanel wait to marry her lover?
(a) Twenty years.
(b) Thirty years.
(c) Ten years.
(d) Five years.

15. Who was Adrienne Chanel?
(a) Coco's cousin.
(b) Coco's aunt.
(c) Coco's sister.
(d) Coco's mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. From where did Chanel gain much of her business in 1914?

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

3. What did nostalgics lament about the direction of post-war fashion?

4. At what age did Chanel decide to enter the novitiate?

5. What was Chanel's role in her theatre performances?

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