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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Artie’s father describe Anja’s relationships before marriage?
(a) He says that she had one boyfriend but it wasn’t serious.
(b) He says that she had been engaged a couple of times before him.
(c) He says that she had no romantic relationships.
(d) He says that she had a fiancé who died of pneumonia.

2. 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 it reduces his pains.
(c) He says that it minimizes his expenses.
(d) He says that his doctor requires it.

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

4. 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 go to a sanitarium in Czechoslovakia.
(c) Vladek moves to Sosnowiec to wait for Anja.
(d) Vladek and Anja move to Sosnowiec together to start their family.

5. What is Anja’s involvement with her friend she "always ran to see" even after she and Vladek were married?
(a) She translates his messages into German.
(b) She helps him find houses for refugees.
(c) She brings him money for political prisoners.
(d) She helps him write political tracts.

Short Answer Questions

1. What effect does Vladek’s story about his father rescuing the pillow in 1914 have on Anja?

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

3. How does Artie’s father characterize the situation for the Jews in Germany in 1937?

4. How old is Art Spiegelman at the beginning of the memoir?

5. Where does Artie's father live, in the beginning of the memoir?

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