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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. What did Chanel design to sell at Biarritz?

2. Where did Chanel's nickname, Coco, come from?

3. Who did Chanel select to be the director of design for her new line of jewelry?

4. Who is said to have ushered Chanel into chateau life?

5. To which commission was Boy Capel transferred by Clemenceau?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain Chanel's brief involvement with Hollywood.

2. Why was Boy Capel an ideal match for Chanel?

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

4. What was different about what Chanel wore to the racetrack?

5. In what way did Chanel's placement at a hosiery shop introduce her to high society?

6. Following her success as a hat designer, on what areas of fashion did Chanel focus her attention?

7. What was life at Balsan's chateau like for Chanel?

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

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

10. Describe Emilienne d'Alecon.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the genre of the book. What is a biography? Is a biography guaranteed to be fact? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Discuss Chanel's desire to create practical clothes for women. Describe the fashion during the Belle Époque and how Chanel desires to go in another direction with fashion. How were her designs more practical for the woman? What was impractical about the popular fashion before Chanel came along?

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