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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. While living at the chateau, what did Chanel begin to develop a wardrobe specifically for?

2. To which of her acquaintances did Chanel share a very similar background?

3. After WWI, what image did women want fashion to project?

4. What did Le Mode magazine begin to do which helped Chanel's career?

5. Where did Balsan allow Chanel to open up a millinery shop?

Short Essay Questions

1. What characterized Chanel's Russian period?

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

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

4. How did Chanel use her friends to find commercial success?

5. What was different about what Chanel wore to the racetrack?

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

7. What decision was Chanel required to make when she turned eighteen?

8. What inspired Chanel's English period?

9. Describe Emilienne d'Alecon.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Chanel's experience as a costumer. In what plays and productions was she involved? Why was she invited to Hollywood and how did that work out?

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

Discuss the photographs in the book. What impact do they have for the reader? Why were the particular photographs in the book chosen? What do the photographs tell the reader than the words do not?

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