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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 garment gave Chanel her first major commercial success?

2. What major event occurred in 1914 which affected Chanel's work?

3. Where did Chanel make her stage debut?

4. Why did Chanel take a job as a water dispenser?

5. What was the occupation of Chanel's friend, Caryathis?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What inspired Chanel's English period?

3. Why was Boy Capel an ideal match for Chanel?

4. How did Boy Capel die, and who helped Chanel through her grieving?

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

6. Following her success as a hat designer, on what areas of fashion did Chanel focus her attention?

7. In what way did Chanel's placement at a hosiery shop introduce her to high society?

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

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

10. Describe Emilienne d'Alecon.

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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