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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Wealthy people replacing their clothes destroyed in the war.
(d) Manufacturing military uniforms.

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

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

4. While living at the chateau, what did Chanel begin to develop a wardrobe specifically for?
(a) Going to the beach.
(b) Riding in an automobile.
(c) Going to the racetrack.
(d) Playing tennis.

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

6. What did Chanel do in order to have her fashions publicized?
(a) Dressed her influential friends.
(b) Staged shows for magazine editors.
(c) Held in-store parties for her clients.
(d) Sent samples to fashion magazines.

7. Where did Balsan allow Chanel to open up a millinery shop?
(a) In a department store.
(b) In his unused apartment.
(c) On the grounds of his chateau.
(d) On Rue Cambon.

8. Who was Emilienne d'Alecon?
(a) A courtesan and poet.
(b) A popular actress.
(c) Chanel's aunt.
(d) A leading fashion designer.

9. What variety of artist provided Chanel unexpected exposure?
(a) An animator.
(b) A portrait painter.
(c) A charicaturist.
(d) A fashion illustrator.

10. Who was Gabrielle Dorziat?
(a) A poet.
(b) Chanel's favorite assistant.
(c) An actress.
(d) A French diplomat's wife.

11. How old was Chanel when her mother died?
(a) Eight years old.
(b) Fifteen years old.
(c) Three years old.
(d) Twelve years old.

12. The aristocrats and upper class of which country were served from Chanel's Biarritz shop?
(a) Germany.
(b) Portugal.
(c) Spain.
(d) England.

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

14. What did Chanel do for her friend Raymond Radiguet?
(a) Paid his hospital bills.
(b) Paid for his daughter's schooling.
(c) Hired him as an assistant designer.
(d) Bought him an apartment.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who arranged a job for Chanel at a shop?

2. How did Chanel wear her collars which were unlike other women of the time?

3. Chanel designed costumes for plays at which venue?

4. How long did Adrienne Chanel wait to marry her lover?

5. Who eased the public into accepting the idea of mass-produced dresses by Chanel?

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