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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the first of Chanel's relatives to give up day labor?
(a) Her grandfather.
(b) Her great-grandfather.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her uncle.

2. Where would Chanel's family gather their harvest from?
(a) Groves.
(b) Riverbanks.
(c) Farmed land.
(d) Fields.

3. In the foreword, how is Chanel's work ethic described upon her return to Paris after her exile?
(a) Inefficient.
(b) Exhausting.
(c) Complaisant.
(d) Tyrannical.

4. In what year did Chanel return to Paris fashion?
(a) 1946.
(b) 1956.
(c) 1949.
(d) 1954.

5. In what year did Chanel's parents marry?
(a) 1891.
(b) 1884.
(c) Her parents did not marry.
(d) 1875.

6. What does biographer Edmonde Charles-Roux say Chanel tried to conceal her entire life?
(a) The circumstances of her birth.
(b) Her religious beliefs.
(c) Her shoe size.
(d) Her real name.

7. What influenced the design of men's clothes when Chanel was growing up?
(a) The need to be outdoors.
(b) The need to walk long distances.
(c) The need to ride horses.
(d) The need to impress women.

8. When she was twenty years old, in what kind of establishment was Chanel offered a job?
(a) A tailor's shop.
(b) A cafe.
(c) A shop.
(d) A shoe factory.

9. What occupation was Chanel's father?
(a) A traveling peddler.
(b) A teacher.
(c) A tailor.
(d) A farmer.

10. What was the advantage of men's clothing at the time of Chanel's birth?
(a) Men's clothing was less expensive.
(b) Men's clothing allowed freedom of movement.
(c) Men's clothing was made from long-lasting fabrics.
(d) Men's clothing designs were elegantly simple.

11. For what was Etienne Balsan famous?
(a) His mistresses.
(b) His altruism.
(c) His abuse of alcohol.
(d) His bad investments.

12. In which region of her home country was Chanel born?
(a) Bergundy.
(b) Limousin.
(c) Auvergne.
(d) The Cevennes.

13. What kind of shop did Chanel open?
(a) A haberdashery.
(b) A dress shop.
(c) A millinery shop.
(d) A hosiery shop.

14. Which of the following events was not described as happening when Chanel was born?
(a) Parades.
(b) Presentations of troops.
(c) Quadrilles.
(d) Riding instructions.

15. In the city where Chanel was born, for how long had women's fashion gone unchanged?
(a) For decades.
(b) For not very long.
(c) For a hundred years.
(d) For fifty years.

Short Answer Questions

1. What part of Chanel's life is explored in the book's Introduction?

2. What brought Chanel back to Paris?

3. What was Coco Chanel's real first name?

4. What was the style of the era when Chanel was born?

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

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