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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What were the first of Chanel's designs to become popular?
(a) Her sweaters.
(b) Her hats.
(c) Her dresses.
(d) Her jewelry designs.

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

4. Where did Chanel open a shop with help from Capel?
(a) The Ritz Hotel.
(b) Beside a theatre.
(c) On Rue Cambon.
(d) On Rue Rivoli.

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

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

7. What major event occurred in 1914 which affected Chanel's work?
(a) A labor strike prevented the manufacture of fabrics.
(b) A legislative election was held.
(c) The Germans invaded France.
(d) Downtown Paris flooded destroying Chanel's design shop.

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

9. Why did Chanel take a job as a water dispenser?
(a) To earn money for fabrics and threads
(b) To earn money for singing lessons.
(c) To brush shoulders with high society.
(d) To pay for her sister's schooling.

10. 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.

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

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

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

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

15. Where did Chanel's nickname, Coco, come from?
(a) Her love for chocolate.
(b) From the sound of her laughter.
(c) Her tendency to wear brown.
(d) Songs she sang in the theatre.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. While living at the chateau, what did Chanel begin to develop a wardrobe specifically for?

3. What did Chanel realize she could do at Biarritz?

4. What were the 10th Chasseurs?

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

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