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

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

3. What common item of clothing was Chanel credited with developing?
(a) Knitted sweaters.
(b) The boater hat.
(c) Women's shorts.
(d) The bathing suit.

4. Who did Capel have make an elegant version of the simple lines Chanel always wore?
(a) A competing designer.
(b) Chanel herself.
(c) An English tailor.
(d) One of his mistresses.

5. What was Chanel's signature scent developed during her Russian Period.
(a) L'Heure Bleue.
(b) Pot Pourri.
(c) Chanel No. 5.
(d) Bois des ÃŽles.

Short Answer Questions

1. In addition to Adrienne, who did Chanel recruit to wear her fashions around town?

2. At what age did Chanel decide to enter the novitiate?

3. How long did Adrienne Chanel wait to marry her lover?

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

5. What was Chanel's role in her theatre performances?

Short Essay Questions

1. What inspired Chanel's English period?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What fascinated visitors to Chanel's Rue Cambon shop when it first opened?

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

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