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

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

3. What did Chanel introduce to her collections in 1932?
(a) Footwear.
(b) Jewelry made with real jewels.
(c) Rain jackets and umbrellas.
(d) Designer sunglasses.

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

5. In "Coco, a Kept Woman," which of the following is not described as one of the dominant designers in Paris fashion?
(a) Paul Poiret.
(b) Jacques Doucet.
(c) Charles Fredrick Worth.
(d) Jeanne Paquin.

Short Answer Questions

1. To which of her acquaintances did Chanel share a very similar background?

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

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

4. Where did Chanel make her stage debut?

5. Who was Emilienne d'Alecon?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Describe Emilienne d'Alecon.

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

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

7. Explain Chanel's brief involvement with Hollywood.

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

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

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

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