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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. In what year did plagues begin to sweep through provincial villages?

3. Where did Chanel go during her self-imposed exile following her scandalous affair?

4. Who provided Chanel the finances to open her shop?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Where did Chanel go after leaving the convent?

3. Who was Etienne Balsan?

4. What had Chanel's family done for generations?

5. What was the result of Chanel's affair with a German officer?

6. What influenced men's fashion at the time of Chanel's birth?

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

8. How is Chanel's style of working after her return to Paris described?

9. In Saumer, what influenced women's fashion at the time of Chanel's birth?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Chanel's life as a part of the demimonde. What was the demimonde? How did this time in her life impact her career?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Chanel's desire to create practical clothes for women. Describe the fashion during the Belle Époque and how Chanel desires to go in another direction with fashion. How were her designs more practical for the woman? What was impractical about the popular fashion before Chanel came along?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Chanel's personality and work ethic. Describe her personality. Describe her work ethic. How might her personality and work ethic have helped her become so successful?

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