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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Lucia Greenberg?
(a) Artie's father’s friend.
(b) Artie's father’s first wife.
(c) The first girl Artie's father has a relationship with.
(d) Art Spiegelman’s mother.

2. Who does Anja’s friend get her in trouble with?
(a) Her friend.
(b) Her parents.
(c) The police.
(d) Vladek.

3. When did Vladek first serve in the army?
(a) At 18.
(b) At 16.
(c) At 24.
(d) At 21.

4. What does Anja’s teacher tell Artie's father tell about Anja?
(a) He has never seen anyone work as hard as Anja worked.
(b) He had hoped to marry her himself.
(c) He has never known someone so refined and cultured as her.
(d) He has never had a student as sensitive and intelligent as her.

5. How does Artie’s father characterize the situation for the Jews in Germany in 1937?
(a) He says that they were being exiled.
(b) He says that they were being persecuted.
(c) He says that they were already being systematically executed.
(d) He says that it was not that bad yet.

6. What starts to happen in the town where Vladek and Anja live after they've had their son?
(a) Conscription of young men.
(b) Race riots.
(c) Labor riots.
(d) Anti-Semitic riots.

7. What plans do Anja’s family and Vladek make after the birth of Vladek and Anja’s first son?
(a) Vladek and Anja split up temporarily.
(b) Vladek and Anja move to Sosnowiec together to start their family.
(c) Vladek and Anja go to a sanitarium in Czechoslovakia.
(d) Vladek moves to Sosnowiec to wait for Anja.

8. What problem does Vladek have with his eyes?
(a) He has one glass eye, and cataracts in the other.
(b) He has glaucoma in both eyes.
(c) He has ruptured blood vessels in his eyes, and has reduced vision.
(d) He has macular degeneration in both eyes.

9. What wedding gift does Artie’s father say his father-in-law gave him?
(a) An inscribed copy of the Torah.
(b) A gold ring.
(c) Investments.
(d) A gold watch.

10. What does Anja’s closet tell Vladek about her character?
(a) She is not very tidy.
(b) She hides her messes.
(c) She keeps things neat.
(d) She has expensive tastes.

11. How does Vladek characterize Anja’s family?
(a) Millionaires.
(b) Poor workers.
(c) Merchants.
(d) Trades people.

12. Where was Vladek stationed when he was in the Polish army?
(a) At the German frontier.
(b) Deep inside Poland.
(c) On the Russian frontier.
(d) At the coast in the north.

13. What does Vladek volunteer for while in the POW camp?
(a) An industrial job.
(b) An office job.
(c) A work detail.
(d) The German Army.

14. What reason does Artie's father give for what he is doing in Chapter 2?
(a) He says that it is important for him to keep himself alive.
(b) He says that his doctor requires it.
(c) He says that it reduces his pains.
(d) He says that it minimizes his expenses.

15. When did the war begin for Vladek?
(a) September 1, 1939.
(b) April 30, 1938.
(c) July 15, 1938.
(d) May 1, 1940.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Artie say was his father’s policy regarding food?

2. What is Vladek and Anja’s reaction to Vladek being drafted?

3. What period is covered by Chapter 1?

4. How does Artie’s father describe Anja’s reaction after giving birth?

5. When does Maus begin?

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