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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. What did Chanel's great-grandfather turn his rented property into?
(a) A butcher's shop.
(b) A weavery.
(c) A bistro.
(d) A bakery.

2. In what area was Chanel's pairing with "Boy" Capel advantageous?
(a) Society.
(b) Business.
(c) Religion.
(d) Politics.

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

4. What was Chanel said to have become to "all the young lions of the age"?
(a) A target.
(b) A trophy.
(c) A darling.
(d) A distraction.

5. What property did Chanel's great-grandfather rent?
(a) A store room.
(b) A hall.
(c) An inn.
(d) A plot of farm land.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Chanel's sudden return to Paris fashion described as?

2. What did Chanel's frequent role as a mistress to married men make her yearn for?

3. During her time at the chateau, to what did Chanel apply her charms and style?

4. From which village did Chanel's family come?

5. Where did Chanel go during her self-imposed exile following her scandalous affair?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What was significant about August in Saumer?

4. In business terms, how important was Chanel's relationship with Arthur "Boy" Capel?

5. What caused the decline and collapse of French rural communities in the 1800s?

6. What does Charles-Roux explain Chanel strove for her whole life to conceal?

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

8. What brought Chanel back to Paris in 1954?

9. Where did Chanel go after leaving the convent?

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

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