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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 influenced the design of men's clothes when Chanel was growing up?

2. In what year was Chanel born?

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

4. How did Chanel feel about the place where she stayed after leaving the orphanage?

5. What occupation was Chanel's father?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where did Chanel go after leaving the convent?

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

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

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

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

6. What did Chanel's father do for a living?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the genre of the book. What is a biography? Is a biography guaranteed to be fact? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Chanel's self-imposed exile during and after WWII. Why did she go to Switzerland? What occurred in the fashion world while she was living in Switzerland? What spurred her to return to France?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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