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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. How does Artie's father surprise Anja on their first date?
(a) By knowing her friends from school.
(b) By knowing many details about her.
(c) By knowing her parents and family.
(d) By understanding her when she speaks in English.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the age difference between Artie's father and Anja?

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

4. When were Vladek and Anja married?

5. What criticism does Lucia make of Anja?

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