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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. As a young woman, on what did Adrienne Chanel focus her attention?
(a) Having a career in fashion.
(b) Being accepted in high society.
(c) Raising her siblings.
(d) Studying at university.

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

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

7. What did Chanel realize she could do at Biarritz?
(a) Repeat the success she had in Deauville.
(b) Have her family near her while she worked.
(c) Start her career over again.
(d) Mix anonymously with members of high-society.

8. At what age did Chanel decide to enter the novitiate?
(a) Sixteen years old.
(b) Ten years old.
(c) Twenty years old.
(d) Eighteen years old.

9. What invention made the flaws of women's dress apparent?
(a) Washing machines.
(b) Cameras.
(c) Motor vehicles.
(d) Electric heaters.

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

11. Who did Chanel describe as a nasal-voiced old clown?
(a) Gabrielle Dorziat.
(b) Pablo Picasso.
(c) Emilienne d'Alecon.
(d) Sarah Bernhardt.

12. What was Chanel's signature scent developed during her Russian Period.
(a) Bois des ÃŽles.
(b) Chanel No. 5.
(c) Pot Pourri.
(d) L'Heure Bleue.

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

14. In "Coco, a Kept Woman," which of the following is not described as one of the dominant designers in Paris fashion?
(a) Charles Fredrick Worth.
(b) Paul Poiret.
(c) Jeanne Paquin.
(d) Jacques Doucet.

15. What was the occupation of Chanel's friend, Caryathis?
(a) A fashion designer.
(b) A cubist painter.
(c) A dancer.
(d) A concert pianist.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who eventually took over Chanel's shop at Biarritz?

2. After WWI, what image did women want fashion to project?

3. Simply put, for what did Chanel become famous?

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

5. What garment gave Chanel her first major commercial success?

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