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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. How did the press regard Chanel as she gained fame?
(a) With curiosity
(b) With disdain.
(c) With growing respect.
(d) As a fashion "wild child."

2. How did Boy Capel die?
(a) In a hotel fire.
(b) By a case of measles.
(c) In an automobile accident.
(d) From tuberculosis.

3. What was the occupation of Chanel's friend, Caryathis?
(a) A dancer.
(b) A cubist painter.
(c) A fashion designer.
(d) A concert pianist.

4. At what age did Chanel decide to enter the novitiate?
(a) Eighteen years old.
(b) Sixteen years old.
(c) Twenty years old.
(d) Ten years old.

5. How is Boy Capel's attitude described?
(a) Nurturing.
(b) Carefree.
(c) Aggressive.
(d) Ambitious.

Short Answer Questions

1. After hats, what did Chanel turn her attention to designing?

2. After WWI, what image did women want fashion to project?

3. Simply put, for what did Chanel become famous?

4. What were the first of Chanel's designs to become popular?

5. After opening the shop in Biarritz, how many people did Chanel have in her employ?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Emilienne d'Alecon.

2. What garment, common today, was conceived by Chanel?

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

4. What happened when Balsan found out about Chanel's relationship with Capel?

5. What was life at Balsan's chateau like for Chanel?

6. How did Chanel use her friends to find commercial success?

7. Why was Boy Capel an ideal match for Chanel?

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

9. What characterized Chanel's Russian period?

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

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