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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In which city was Chanel born?

2. What effect did the plagues have on provincial villages?

3. What is described as an important center of style in Chanel's birth city?

4. Who was Etienne Balsan?

5. In terms of fashion, what was evolving quickly when Chanel was born?

Short Essay Questions

1. In business terms, how important was Chanel's relationship with Arthur "Boy" Capel?

2. What are some pieces of fashionable styles for men named in the Introduction of the book?

3. What made Chanel memorable to the people who met her?

4. Where was Chanel's family from, and where was she herself born?

5. How did Chanel's relationships with aristocrats influence her work?

6. Where did Chanel go after leaving the convent?

7. What sort of environments was Chanel surrounded by as a child?

8. What caused the decline and collapse of French rural communities in the 1800s?

9. How was Chanel able to achieve success even through World War II?

10. What was significant about August in Saumer?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the conclusion of Chanel and Her World. Describe the last years of Chanel's career. Was Chanel successful until the end of her life? Did she remain as hardworking and innovative as she was in her earlier years before her exile?

Essay Topic 2

Chanel's life is the classic rags-to-riches story. Compare and contrast the poverty of her youth with the wealth and success she experienced at the height of her career.

Essay Topic 3

Chanel moved in very creative circles. She brushed shoulders with a number of the influential artists of her generation. Discuss the brilliant minds that surrounded Chanel and how they might have affected her own creativity.

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