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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 the foreword, what is Chanel described as being "to the core"?

2. What is said to have shaped the world in which Chanel spent her childhood?

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

4. What was Chanel's sister's name?

5. What kind of shop did Chanel open?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Chanel's great-grandfather establish for his family?

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

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

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

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 brought Chanel back to Paris in 1954?

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

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

10. What was significant about August in Saumer?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the influential relationships in Chanel's life. How did these relationships impact Chanel's career and her style?

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 the significant romantic relationships in Chanel's life. Describe the men in her life. How did she feel about them? Why did the relationships end? Why did Chanel never marry? Who did she claim was the one true love in her life? How did these men impact her life?

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