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

2. What hobby did Chanel adopt after meeting Balsan?
(a) Photography.
(b) Sewing.
(c) Horseback riding.
(d) Dog breeding.

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

4. How soon after opening Chanel's shop does WWI begin?
(a) Six months.
(b) Two years.
(c) One year.
(d) A year and a half.

5. What was Chanel's sister's name?
(a) Danielle.
(b) Bernadette.
(c) Hélène.
(d) Julia.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what year did Chanel return to Paris fashion?

3. In what year was Chanel born?

4. What part of Chanel's life is explored in the book's Introduction?

5. Which of the following events was not described as happening when Chanel was born?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was significant about August in Saumer?

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

3. How was Chanel able to achieve success even through World War II?

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

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

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

7. Emotionally, how important was Chanel's relationship with Arthur "Boy" Capel?

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

9. In Saumer, what influenced women's fashion at the time of Chanel's birth?

10. Who was named as the fashion-setters at the end of the 1800s?

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