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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. At what age did Chanel meet Etienne Balsan?

2. What was the advantage of men's clothing at the time of Chanel's birth?

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

4. What property did Chanel's great-grandfather rent?

5. What influenced the design of men's clothes when Chanel was growing up?

Short Essay Questions

1. What brought Chanel back to Paris in 1954?

2. Where did Chanel go after leaving the convent?

3. What was the result of Chanel's affair with a German officer?

4. How was Chanel able to achieve success even through World War II?

5. How did Chanel's relationships with aristocrats influence her work?

6. In Saumer, what influenced women's fashion at the time of Chanel's birth?

7. What made Chanel memorable to the people who met her?

8. Where was Chanel's family from, and where was she herself born?

9. What was significant about August in Saumer?

10. What influenced men's fashion at the time of Chanel's birth?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Overall, how did Chanel's designs impact fashion? What are some of Chanel's enduring designs? How did she change the face of fashion and the wardrobe of women forever?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the Belle Époque. What is it and when did it occur? How does the fashion and opulence of that time period compare to the fashion of Chanel? Why did the Belle Époque come to an end?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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