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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did Chanel realize she could do at Biarritz?
(a) Mix anonymously with members of high-society.
(b) Have her family near her while she worked.
(c) Repeat the success she had in Deauville.
(d) Start her career over again.

3. Who was Emilienne d'Alecon?
(a) Chanel's aunt.
(b) A popular actress.
(c) A courtesan and poet.
(d) A leading fashion designer.

4. Who was Adrienne Chanel?
(a) Coco's sister.
(b) Coco's cousin.
(c) Coco's aunt.
(d) Coco's mother.

5. What invention made the flaws of women's dress apparent?
(a) Motor vehicles.
(b) Cameras.
(c) Washing machines.
(d) Electric heaters.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Boy Capel die?

2. How is Boy Capel's attitude described?

3. What did Chanel believe people looked to her designs for?

4. What property did Chanel purchase in cash for her business?

5. What variety of artist provided Chanel unexpected exposure?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Explain Chanel's brief involvement with Hollywood.

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

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

6. What happened when Balsan found out about Chanel's relationship with Capel?

7. What was special about Chanel's work for the 1924 dance operetta, Blue Train?

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

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

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

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