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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 reason does Artie's father give for what he is doing in Chapter 2?

2. What does Vladek say was his reaction to someone getting arrested because of the work Anja did for her friend during the war time?

3. Where does Vladek says that he saw the swastika for the first time?

4. Who does Anja’s friend get her in trouble with?

5. Who is Lucia Greenberg?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Vladek do with Artie’s jacket?

2. What problems does Artie's father have with his eyes?

3. What tasks are Vladek and the other prisoners given after the battle?

4. Describe the partition of Poland under the Nazis.

5. How does Artie characterize his father’s relationship with Mala, his wife?

6. What political news do Vladek and Anja hear on their way to Czechoslovakia?

7. What explains Vladek’s decision to marry Anja and not Lucia Greenberg?

8. How is it that Vladek comes to know English?

9. What two worlds are juxtaposed in the opening scene?

10. What doubts does Vladek have about Artie’s comic book idea?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How would Maus be different if it were written from a female perspective? What if it were a daughter trying to get her mother’s story? What parts of the book might remain the same? What parts of the book would be completely different?

Essay Topic 2

Write a character sketch of the author based on his style and content. What values does he hold dear? What are his hopes and fears? What kind of person do you think he is? Anchor your sketch in passages in the book.

Essay Topic 3

What parts of Maus do you think would be applicable to any traumatic experience? Describe the aspects of Art Spiegelman’s book that could be universalized. Which parts could not be?

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