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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 brought Chanel back to Paris?
(a) She missed her family.
(b) Her company was on the brink of bankruptcy.
(c) She missed her friends.
(d) Her competition with Christian Dior.

2. What was "Boy" Capel's first name?
(a) Arthur.
(b) James.
(c) John.
(d) David.

3. In the foreword, how is Chanel's work ethic described upon her return to Paris after her exile?
(a) Tyrannical.
(b) Inefficient.
(c) Exhausting.
(d) Complaisant.

4. What did the city Chanel was born in have a great love for?
(a) Fashion.
(b) Boating.
(c) Music.
(d) Equestrianism.

5. Who was the first of Chanel's family to work as a peddler?
(a) Her great-grandfather.
(b) Her grandfather.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her uncle.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the foreword, what is Chanel described as being "to the core"?

2. Which of the following was not described as a popular fashion at the end of the 1800s?

3. In what year was Chanel born?

4. How did Chanel feel about the place where she stayed after leaving the orphanage?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Where did Chanel go after leaving the convent?

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

6. Who was Etienne Balsan?

7. What was the result of Chanel's affair with a German officer?

8. When did Chanel's parents marry, and what did it mean for the family?

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

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

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