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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. Who eventually took over Chanel's shop at Biarritz?

2. As a young woman, on what did Adrienne Chanel focus her attention?

3. What common item of clothing was Chanel credited with developing?

4. How is the shop described where Chanel was sent to work?

5. How long did Adrienne Chanel wait to marry her lover?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Explain Chanel's brief involvement with Hollywood.

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

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

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

6. Describe Emilienne d'Alecon.

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

8. According to Chanel, what made her successful in designing fashion for society?

9. Explain how Chanel used mannequins to promote her work.

10. In what way did the invention of the motor vehicle highlight the impracticalities of women's fashion?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Chanel's experience as a costumer. In what plays and productions was she involved? Why was she invited to Hollywood and how did that work out?

Essay Topic 2

Chanel's life is the classic rags-to-riches story. Compare and contrast the poverty of her youth with the wealth and success she experienced at the height of her career.

Essay Topic 3

Chanel moved in very creative circles. She brushed shoulders with a number of the influential artists of her generation. Discuss the brilliant minds that surrounded Chanel and how they might have affected her own creativity.

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