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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is the shop described where Chanel was sent to work?
(a) As busy.
(b) As inviting.
(c) As elegant.
(d) As small and dingy.

2. What did Chanel design to sell at Biarritz?
(a) Two-piece bathing suits.
(b) Dresses.
(c) Sunglasses.
(d) Straw hats.

3. To which commission was Boy Capel transferred by Clemenceau?
(a) The Franco-English wartime coal commission.
(b) The patent application commission.
(c) The naval ship building commission
(d) The Paris city protection commission.

4. Why did Chanel take a job as a water dispenser?
(a) To pay for her sister's schooling.
(b) To brush shoulders with high society.
(c) To earn money for singing lessons.
(d) To earn money for fabrics and threads

5. From where did Chanel gain much of her business in 1914?
(a) Christmas sales of her popular new perfume.
(b) Doing business with Hollywood.
(c) Wealthy people replacing their clothes destroyed in the war.
(d) Manufacturing military uniforms.

6. What were the 10th Chasseurs?
(a) A nickname for the royal family.
(b) A travelling group of performers.
(c) A group of nineteenth century painters and poets.
(d) A regiment of aristocratic gentlemen.

7. As a young woman, on what did Adrienne Chanel focus her attention?
(a) Having a career in fashion.
(b) Raising her siblings.
(c) Being accepted in high society.
(d) Studying at university.

8. Who arranged a job for Chanel at a shop?
(a) Her canonesses.
(b) Her uncle.
(c) A local merchant.
(d) A former teacher.

9. Where did Chanel make her stage debut?
(a) Broadway.
(b) Château de Boisclaireau.
(c) Moulin Rouge.
(d) La Rotunde.

10. Why did Sam Goldwyn want to use Chanel's fashions in his films?
(a) To attract women to the cinema.
(b) To capitalize on Chanel's fame.
(c) To help Chanel out when business was bad.
(d) To create a timeless look for his films.

11. What did Paul Morand write about Chanel and Capel?
(a) A short story.
(b) A play.
(c) An opera.
(d) A magazine article.

12. How long did Adrienne Chanel wait to marry her lover?
(a) Five years.
(b) Thirty years.
(c) Ten years.
(d) Twenty years.

13. Simply put, for what did Chanel become famous?
(a) Being different.
(b) Her love life.
(c) Simplicity.
(d) Shocking the public.

14. What was Chanel's signature scent developed during her Russian Period.
(a) L'Heure Bleue.
(b) Bois des ÃŽles.
(c) Pot Pourri.
(d) Chanel No. 5.

15. Because of her inexperience in the fashion trade, what characterized Chanel's shop?
(a) Underpriced merchandise.
(b) Ill-fitting clothes.
(c) A sense of looseness.
(d) Inconsistent business hours.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who was Gabrielle Dorziat?

3. What were the first of Chanel's designs to become popular?

4. What was Chanel's role in her theatre performances?

5. What garment gave Chanel her first major commercial success?

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