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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 addition to Adrienne, who did Chanel recruit to wear her fashions around town?

2. To which commission was Boy Capel transferred by Clemenceau?

3. Who was George Clemenceau?

4. Who arranged a job for Chanel at a shop?

5. What was Chanel's signature scent developed during her Russian Period.

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Chanel benefit from the invasion of France in 1914?

2. What characterized Chanel's Russian period?

3. What role did Vogue magazine play when Chanel began mass-producing dresses?

4. In what way did the invention of the motor vehicle highlight the impracticalities of women's fashion?

5. Explain how Chanel used mannequins to promote her work.

6. What was special about Chanel's work for the 1924 dance operetta, Blue Train?

7. What garment, common today, was conceived by Chanel?

8. How did late eighteenth-century photographs of Chanel already exhibit her unique style?

9. According to Chanel, what made her successful in designing fashion for society?

10. What effect did the First World War have on women's fashion?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the author of the book, Edmonde Charles-Roux. Is she qualified to tell this story? Why or why not? What was her relationship with Coco Chanel? Does she appear to have a biased view of Chanel? What is her background?

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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