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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. How does Artie describe the relationship between his father and Anja?
(a) They are like brother and sister.
(b) They are affectionate like lovers.
(c) They don’t get along.
(d) They are a good team.

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

6. How does Vladek keep from being beaten when he is taken captive in the war?
(a) He offers to give the soldiers money.
(b) He lays down, curled up in a ball.
(c) He gives the soldiers information about the Polish strategy.
(d) He speaks to the soldiers in German.

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

8. 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 already being systematically executed.
(c) He says that they were being persecuted.
(d) He says that it was not that bad yet.

9. What happened to Vladek and Anja’s first son?
(a) He died in infancy.
(b) He died during the war.
(c) He emigrated to Australia.
(d) He moved to Brazil.

10. Who visits Vladek before he moves to Anja’s town?
(a) Lucia.
(b) Anja’s brother.
(c) His father.
(d) Lucia’s brother.

11. What is Artie's father doing while he is telling Artie his story?
(a) Watching television.
(b) Riding an exercise bike.
(c) Woodwork.
(d) Cooking.

12. Who gets arrested because of the work Anja does for her friend?
(a) Anja’s seamstress.
(b) Vladek.
(c) Anja’s father.
(d) Anja.

13. While in the POW camp, what were the conditions under which Vladek could write home?
(a) He could not tell the truth of his condition.
(b) He had to write in German.
(c) He had to write in code.
(d) He had to praise the Germans.

14. What does Artie’s father say his father-in-law wanted to procure for him?
(a) A textile factory.
(b) A textile shop.
(c) Tickets to America.
(d) A political appointment.

15. How did Vladek end up in the army after all?
(a) They lowered the requirements so that he was now healthy enough to be inducted.
(b) He refused to go on the starvation diet the second time.
(c) He was deemed healthy in spite of having starved himself down again.
(d) He was drafted.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What complication was there when Art Spiegelman was born?

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

4. Where does Artie’s father say he lived during the Great War?

5. What territory is Vladek’s home in, after the division of Poland?

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