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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 major event occurred in 1914 which affected Chanel's work?
(a) The Germans invaded France.
(b) A labor strike prevented the manufacture of fabrics.
(c) Downtown Paris flooded destroying Chanel's design shop.
(d) A legislative election was held.

2. Who eventually took over Chanel's shop at Biarritz?
(a) Charles Fredrick Worth.
(b) Boy Capel.
(c) Antoinette Chanel.
(d) Adrienne Chanel.

3. During Chanel's Russian Period, what did she incorporate into her fashions?
(a) Furs and embroidery.
(b) Crochet and macramé.
(c) French lace.
(d) Rhinestones.

4. Who did Chanel choose as her lover from the 10th Chasseurs?
(a) Etienne Balsan.
(b) Boy Capel.
(c) The Duke of Westminster.
(d) Pablo Picasso.

5. What property did Chanel purchase in cash for her business?
(a) The Chateau D'Aix.
(b) The Chalet Serena.
(c) The Domaine des Roches.
(d) The Villa Larralde.

Short Answer Questions

1. What made Chanel different from the other girls at the novitiate?

2. Who took it upon herself to help Chanel recover from Boy's death?

3. What did Boy's transfer away from the front lines allow him to do?

4. Who did Capel have make an elegant version of the simple lines Chanel always wore?

5. Where did Balsan allow Chanel to open up a millinery shop?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was special about Chanel's work for the 1924 dance operetta, Blue Train?

2. Explain Chanel's brief involvement with Hollywood.

3. Describe Emilienne d'Alecon.

4. What effect did the First World War have on women's fashion?

5. What role did Vogue magazine play when Chanel began mass-producing dresses?

6. In what way did Chanel's placement at a hosiery shop introduce her to high society?

7. How did Boy Capel die, and who helped Chanel through her grieving?

8. What characterized Chanel's Russian period?

9. In what way did the invention of the motor vehicle highlight the impracticalities of women's fashion?

10. How did late eighteenth-century photographs of Chanel already exhibit her unique style?

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