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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. At what age did Chanel meet Etienne Balsan?

2. Who was Etienne Balsan?

3. When she was twenty years old, in which town was Chanel offered a job?

4. What part of Chanel's life is explored in the book's Introduction?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Charles-Roux explain Chanel strove for her whole life to conceal?

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

4. What brought Chanel back to Paris in 1954?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

How did the historical events that were taking place during Chanel's career affect her work and designs?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the Belle Époque. What is it and when did it occur? How does the fashion and opulence of that time period compare to the fashion of Chanel? Why did the Belle Époque come to an end?

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