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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. What does Artie say is Vladek’s relationship with Artie’s comic books?
2. What saves Vladek from a beating at the hands of a German guard while in Srodula?
3. What were Anja’s last words to Artie?
4. What offer does Ilzecki make to Vladek, as described in Chapter 4?
5. What complaint does Vladek’s mother-in-law make about her soup?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Vladek acquire new skills in Sosnowiec?
2. What is Artie’s response to Mala’s complaints in Chapter 6?
3. How is the “Prisoner on the Hell Planet” different from the rest of Maus?
4. How do Vladek and Anja end up staying with Mrs. Motonowa?
5. How does Ilzecki save Vladek’s life?
6. What does Vladek find when he goes out to reconnoitre Sosonwiec while Anja hides?
7. What does Vladek learn from Kahum Cohn’s example?
8. Why is Mala at her wit’s end in the beginning of Chapter 6?
9. How do Vladek and his fellow prisoners make their way out of Srodula?
10. How does Artie get out of helping his father fix the roof?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
Essay Topic 2
What character traits allow Vladek and Anja to survive the Holocaust? What character traits led others to their deaths? Was there a formula for surviving the Holocaust, or was it merely luck, who survived and who did not?
Essay Topic 3
In what ways is Maus relevant to contemporary readers? What contemporary issues are in play in the book, and how would the book contribute to contemporary discussion? Cite specific discussions from contemporary sources, and cite specific instances from the book that describe its contemporary relevance.
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