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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 was distinctive about Clemenceau's manner of dress?

2. What did Chanel style her first summer home after?

3. What did Chanel introduce to her collections in 1932?

4. Simply put, for what did Chanel become famous?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What fascinated visitors to Chanel's Rue Cambon shop when it first opened?

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

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

4. What was life at Balsan's chateau like for Chanel?

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

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

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

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

9. What characterized Chanel's Russian period?

10. How did Chanel earn her nickname, "Coco"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How did the historical events that were taking place during Chanel's career affect her work and designs?

Essay Topic 2

In what ways did Chanel's designs liberate women? What were women able to do with more ease because of the changes in fashion that Chanel was greatly responsible for?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the rivalry between Chanel and Schiaparelli. Why were they in competition? How did the press handle the rivalry? What does Cubism and Surrealism have to do with their rivalry? Who won the competition?

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