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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. From where did Chanel gain much of her business in 1914?
(a) Wealthy people replacing their clothes destroyed in the war.
(b) Manufacturing military uniforms.
(c) Doing business with Hollywood.
(d) Christmas sales of her popular new perfume.

2. Who lived nearby to Chanel's millinery shop?
(a) Pierre Reverdy.
(b) Boy Capel.
(c) Adrienne Chanel.
(d) George Clemenceau.

3. Where did Chanel open a shop with help from Capel?
(a) Beside a theatre.
(b) On Rue Rivoli.
(c) On Rue Cambon.
(d) The Ritz Hotel.

4. Who arranged a job for Chanel at a shop?
(a) Her canonesses.
(b) A former teacher.
(c) A local merchant.
(d) Her uncle.

5. To which commission was Boy Capel transferred by Clemenceau?
(a) The naval ship building commission
(b) The patent application commission.
(c) The Franco-English wartime coal commission.
(d) The Paris city protection commission.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who eased the public into accepting the idea of mass-produced dresses by Chanel?

2. What did Paul Morand write about Chanel and Capel?

3. What were the 10th Chasseurs?

4. Around the time Chanel was trying to break into the theatre, what performances were favored by the nouveau-riche?

5. What did Chanel style her first summer home after?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did Chanel benefit from the invasion of France in 1914?

3. According to Chanel, what made her successful in designing fashion for society?

4. Describe Emilienne d'Alecon.

5. Following her success as a hat designer, on what areas of fashion did Chanel focus her attention?

6. Explain how Chanel used mannequins to promote her work.

7. How did Chanel earn her nickname, "Coco"?

8. What characterized Chanel's Russian period?

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

10. What was different about what Chanel wore to the racetrack?

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