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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does Maus begin?
(a) 1947.
(b) 1958.
(c) 1938.
(d) 1944.

2. Whose story does Artie say, in Chapter 1, he wants to tell?
(a) His father’s.
(b) His own.
(c) The Holocaust’s.
(d) His mother’s.

3. Why does Artie say, in Chpater 1, that he wants to gather this information about Anja?
(a) He says that he wants to know his father better.
(b) He says that he wants to tell a personal story, not a story about the Holocaust.
(c) He says that it makes his father’s story more human.
(d) He says that he won’t know the story until he hears it.

4. What objection does Artie’s father make about the material Artie is gathering?
(a) He says that it is irrelevant.
(b) He says that it is private.
(c) He says that it has nothing to do with Hitler.
(d) He says that it violates Anja’s memory.

5. How old is Art Spiegelman at the beginning of the memoir?
(a) Fifteen or sixteen.
(b) Three or four.
(c) Six or seven.
(d) Eleven or twelve.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the pills for, that Anja has in her bureau?

2. Who visits Vladek before he moves to Anja’s town?

3. What does Anja’s teacher tell Artie's father tell about Anja?

4. Who does Artie’s father say he was often compared to?

5. Who is Lucia Greenberg?

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