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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. What was Coco Chanel's real first name?

2. For generations, what was Chanel's family's financial situation?

3. What did Chanel's great-grandfather use to rent a property?

4. In the city where Chanel was born, for how long had women's fashion gone unchanged?

5. In what year did Chanel's parents marry?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was significant about August in Saumer?

2. When did Chanel's parents marry, and what did it mean for the family?

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

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

5. Because of her mother's death, what happened in Chanel's life?

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

7. Who was named as the fashion-setters at the end of the 1800s?

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

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

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

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

Discuss the rivalry between Chanel and Schiaparelli. Why were they in competition? How did the press handle the rivalry? What does Cubism and Surrealism have to do with their rivalry? Who won the competition?

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