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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. Whose story does Artie say, in Chapter 1, he wants to tell?

2. When did the war begin for Vladek?

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

4. What happened in the Bielsko factory while Vladek and Anja were away?

5. What starts to happen in the town where Vladek and Anja live after they've had their son?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What doubts does Vladek have about Anja before he marries her?

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

4. Describe the partition of Poland under the Nazis.

5. What effect does the birth of Richieu have on Vladek and Anja?

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

7. What consequences do Anja’s political activities have?

8. Describe Vladek’s relationship with Lucia Greenberg, as described in Chapter 1.

9. Describe Vladek’s dream and its meaning.

10. In addition to Vladek being released from the work camp during Parshas Truma, what events take place at Parshas Truma?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Where is the climax of this book? Are there different climaxes? What questions does each climax resolve? What questions does each climax leave unanswered?

Essay Topic 2

Would you recommend Maus? For what purposes would you recommend Maus, and what kinds of readers would you recommend it for? What other book would you recommend that would cover the same material or tell the same story in a different way?

Essay Topic 3

Who is the audience for Maus? What is the ideal reader for Maus likely to think about the book’s main topics? How does this book try to affect the reader? What is it trying to teach him or her, or get him or her to do?

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