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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the city where Chanel was born, for how long had women's fashion gone unchanged?
(a) For not very long.
(b) For decades.
(c) For fifty years.
(d) For a hundred years.

2. In what country was Coco Chanel born?
(a) France.
(b) Belgium.
(c) America.
(d) Switzerland.

3. After leaving the orphanage, where did Chanel go to live?
(a) A convent.
(b) With relatives.
(c) A boarding school.
(d) A country manor.

4. When she was twenty years old, in which town was Chanel offered a job?
(a) Yzeure.
(b) Bellevue.
(c) Avernes.
(d) Moulins.

5. Which of the following did Chanel's father sell?
(a) Undergarments.
(b) Vegetables.
(c) Bibles.
(d) Rubber boots.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is described as one of Chanel's most scandalous affairs?

2. What is said to have shaped the world in which Chanel spent her childhood?

3. What was fashion at the time of Chanel's birth said to have made women look?

4. At what age did Chanel leave the orphanage?

5. How soon after opening Chanel's shop does WWI begin?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Chanel's father do for a living?

2. What made Chanel memorable to the people who met her?

3. How did Chanel's relationships with aristocrats influence her work?

4. Because of her mother's death, what happened in Chanel's life?

5. What are some pieces of fashionable styles for men named in the Introduction of the book?

6. What sort of environments was Chanel surrounded by as a child?

7. How is Chanel's style of working after her return to Paris described?

8. What had Chanel's family done for generations?

9. Where did Chanel go after leaving the convent?

10. What did Chanel's great-grandfather establish for his family?

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