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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 did Chanel believe people looked to her designs for?
(a) Innovation.
(b) Sartorial expression.
(c) A new modern lifestyle.
(d) The prestige of her name on the label.

2. What did nostalgics lament about the direction of post-war fashion?
(a) That it was the end of good taste.
(b) That it was the end of the "golden era."
(c) That it was the end of durable fabrics.
(d) That it was the end of opulence.

3. Chanel designed costumes for plays at which venue?
(a) La Rotunde.
(b) The palace at Versailles.
(c) Balsan's chateau.
(d) The Moulin Rouge.

4. To which of her acquaintances did Chanel share a very similar background?
(a) Etienne Balsan.
(b) Cecil Sorel.
(c) Suzanne Orlandi.
(d) Gabrielle Dorziat.

5. After WWI, what image did women want fashion to project?
(a) That they were dainty and delicate.
(b) That they were as tough as men.
(c) That they were to be taken seriously.
(d) That they took pride in their looks.

Short Answer Questions

1. What fashion staple did Chanel introduce in her black period?

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

3. Who eventually took over Chanel's shop at Biarritz?

4. What were the 10th Chasseurs?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What inspired Chanel's English period?

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

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

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

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

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. Explain how Chanel used mannequins to promote her work.

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