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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. Where did the Zylberberg family go on January 1, 1942?

2. Where did Vladek and Anja and her family live in Srodula?

3. How does Vladek characterize the head of his ghetto?

4. What is Artie's father’s response when Artie says that he should hire someone to fix the broken item in Chapter 4?

5. What complaint does Vladek’s mother-in-law make about her soup?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Art Spiegelman include Maus within the book itself?

2. How does Artie characterize his father’s attitude toward money in the beginning of Chapter 4?

3. How are Vladek and his fellow prisoners caught in their bunker?

4. Where do Vladek and Anja stay when they return to Sosnowiec?

5. What does Vladek learn from Kahum Cohn’s example?

6. What is Artie’s response to Mala’s complaints in Chapter 6?

7. What kind of reception do Vladek and Anja get when they inquire with Mrs. Kawka about hiding with her?

8. Why is Mala at her wit’s end in the beginning of Chapter 6?

9. How do Vladek and Anja end up staying with Mrs. Motonowa?

10. What does Vladek find when he goes out to reconnoitre Sosonwiec while Anja hides?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Evaluate your own reading of Maus—did you resist it, or were you compelled by the story? What does your reading tell you about yourself and your interests? Use specific examples from the book to describe yourself as a reader.

Essay Topic 2

Vladek and Mala are constantly bickering, unlike Vladek and Anja, in the historical narrative. How does the present-day relationship between Vladek and Mala mirror or revise the larger themes in the historical narrative of Maus?

Essay Topic 3

What parts of Maus do you think would be applicable to any traumatic experience? Describe the aspects of Art Spiegelman’s book that could be universalized. Which parts could not be?

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