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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 what year did Chanel's parents marry?
(a) Her parents did not marry.
(b) 1875.
(c) 1891.
(d) 1884.

2. Where would Chanel's family gather their harvest from?
(a) Groves.
(b) Fields.
(c) Farmed land.
(d) Riverbanks.

3. Which of the following events was not described as happening when Chanel was born?
(a) Quadrilles.
(b) Parades.
(c) Presentations of troops.
(d) Riding instructions.

4. What was the style of the era when Chanel was born?
(a) Equestrian-inspired.
(b) Naval-inspired.
(c) Military-inspired.
(d) Ecclesiastic-inspired.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. At what age did Chanel leave the orphanage?

2. In which city was Chanel born?

3. Which of the following did Chanel's father sell?

4. After leaving the orphanage, where did Chanel go to live?

5. Who was "Boy" Capel to Chanel?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What influenced men's fashion at the time of Chanel's birth?

6. Who was Etienne Balsan?

7. What brought Chanel back to Paris in 1954?

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

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

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

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