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Maus Comprehension Questions and Answers, Exams of English Literature

Chamberlain College of NursingEnglish Literature

A series of comprehension questions and their corresponding answers related to art spiegelman's graphic novel, maus. The questions cover key plot points, character development, and thematic elements explored throughout the memoir. It explores vladek spiegelman's experiences during the holocaust and his complex relationship with his son, artie. The questions delve into the historical context, character motivations, and the impact of trauma on individuals and families. It also explores the narrative techniques used by spiegelman to convey this powerful story. This resource is designed to enhance understanding and critical analysis of the graphic novel.

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Maus |\- |\Comprehension |\Questions |\with
|\correct |\answers
Before |\the |\memoir |\begins, |\why |\does |\Spiegelman |\(Artie) |\present |\
us |\with |\the |\roller-skating |\episode |\from |\his |\childhood? |\What |\does |\
it |\show |\us |\about |\his |\father |\and |\their |\relationship? |\- |\CORRECT |\
ANSWERS |\✔✔because |\it |\shows |\what |\true |\friends |\are. |\
it |\shows |\that |\his |\father |\had |\true |\friends |\since |\they |\went |\through |\
the |\holocaust |\together |\being |\locked |\in |\a |\room |\together. |\Being |\
locked |\in |\a |\room |\together |\you |\see |\what |\kind |\of |\friends |\you |\will |\
be.
When |\and |\where |\does |\the |\first |\chapter |\take |\place? |\- |\CORRECT |\
ANSWERS |\✔✔takes |\place |\in |\new |\york |\in |\the |\1970s
What |\was |\Vladek's |\profession? |\- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔he |\
owned |\a |\textile |\factory
When |\Artie |\goes |\to |\see |\his |\relatives |\in |\Poland, |\how |\are |\the |\Poles |\
depicted? |\- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔as |\pigs
Whom |\does |\Vladek |\marry |\and |\where |\do |\they |\live? |\- |\CORRECT |\
ANSWERS |\✔✔he |\marries |\Anaja |\and |\they |\live |\in |\Synoviack
Why |\does |\the |\author |\include |\the |\story |\about |\Lucia, |\when |\his |\
father |\told |\him |\to |\leave |\it |\out? |\Why |\is |\this |\wrong |\of |\Art |\to |\do? |\- |\
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Maus |- |\Comprehension |\Questions |\with

|\correct |\answers

Before |\the |\memoir |\begins, |\why |\does |\Spiegelman |(Artie) |\present |
us |\with |\the |\roller-skating |\episode |\from |\his |\childhood? |\What |\does |
it |\show |\us |\about |\his |\father |\and |\their |\relationship? |- |\CORRECT |
ANSWERS |\✔✔because |\it |\shows |\what |\true |\friends |\are. |
it |\shows |\that |\his |\father |\had |\true |\friends |\since |\they |\went |\through |
the |\holocaust |\together |\being |\locked |\in |\a |\room |\together. |\Being |
locked |\in |\a |\room |\together |\you |\see |\what |\kind |\of |\friends |\you |\will |
be. When |\and |\where |\does |\the |\first |\chapter |\take |\place? |- |\CORRECT |
ANSWERS |\✔✔takes |\place |\in |\new |\york |\in |\the |\1970s What |\was |\Vladek's |\profession? |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔he |
owned |\a |\textile |\factory When |\Artie |\goes |\to |\see |\his |\relatives |\in |\Poland, |\how |\are |\the |\Poles |
depicted? |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔as |\pigs Whom |\does |\Vladek |\marry |\and |\where |\do |\they |\live? |- |\CORRECT |
ANSWERS |\✔✔he |\marries |\Anaja |\and |\they |\live |\in |\Synoviack Why |\does |\the |\author |\include |\the |\story |\about |\Lucia, |\when |\his |
father |\told |\him |\to |\leave |\it |\out? |\Why |\is |\this |\wrong |\of |\Art |\to |\do? |- |\

CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔he |\wanted |\the |\reader |\to |\feel |\like |\the |
father |\was |\human. |\It |\felt |\like |\a |\betrayal |\to |\his |\father |\because |\his |
father |\did |\not |\want |\him |\to |\include |\that |\part. What |\does |\the |\narrator |\mean |\when |\he |\says |\he |\wants |\to |\make |
the |\story |\more |\real, |\more |\human? |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔he |
wants |\to |\tell |\his |\father's |\personal |\story |\and |\not |\just |\the |\horrors |
imposed |\upon |\his |\race. In |\chapter |\ONE, |\is |\there |\any |\sense |\of |\what's |\about |\to |\happen |\to |
Vladek, |\his |\family, |\and |\his |\people? |\Why/why |\not? |- |\CORRECT |
ANSWERS |\✔✔no |\because |\the |\tone |\is |\happy, |\he |\gets |\married, |\his |
father |\in |\law |\gives |\him |\money |\to |\purchase |\a |\textile |\factory. What |\almost |\gets |\Anja |\in |\trouble |\with |\the |\law? |- |\CORRECT |
ANSWERS |\✔✔she |\is |\caught |\translating |\communist |\papers. How |\does |\Vladek |\react |\to |\Anja's |\relationship |\with |\communists? |- |
CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔he |\was |\shocked |\and |\concerned. |\he |\told |
her |\to |\stop. How |\are |\Vladek |\and |\Anja |\able |\to |\get |\out |\of |\trouble |\with |\the |
police? |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔Anja |\gives |\the |\papers |\to |\her |
seamstress. |\The |\seamstress |\gets |\caught |\and |\is |\in |\jail |\for |\about |\ 3 |
months. |\Vladek |\and |\Anja |\later |\find |\a |\lawyer |\to |\get |\her |\out |\of |
there What |\happens |\to |\Anja |\shortly |\after |\the |\birth |\of |\their |\son, |\Richieu? |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔Anja |\becomes |\depressed.

What |\happens |\to |\Vladek |\in |\the |\war? |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |
✔✔Vladek |\becomes |\a |\prisoner |\of |\war. |\He |\did |\not |\get |\good |
training |\on |\how |\to |\be |\a |\soldier |\so |\he |\would |\shoot |\anyone |\that |
looked |\like |\an |\enemy. What |\is |\life |\like |\for |\Vladek |\in |\the |\prisoner |\of |\war |\camp? |- |
CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔Vladek |\had |\to |\do |\a |\lot |\of |\work |\and |\lived |
in |\terrible |\conditions. What |\dream |\does |\Vladek |\have |\in |\the |\camp? |- |\CORRECT |
ANSWERS |\✔✔Vladek |\dreams |\that |\his |\grandfather |\told |\him |\that |
on |\Parsha's |\Truma |\he |\would |\be |\released |\from |\the |\prisoner |\of |\war |
camp. What |\is |\Parsha's |\Truma? |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔It |\is |\a |\Jewish |
holiday |\that |\is |\celebrated |\one |\week |\each |\year |\and |\a |\section |\is |
read |\from |\the |\Torah. What |\happens |\when |\the |\POW's |\are |\returned |\to |\Poland? |- |
CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔They |\separated |\them |\into |\name |\and |
rank. |\One |\group |\was |\group |\was |\killed |\and |\the |\other |\was |\free |\to |
go. How |\does |\Vladek |\get |\out |\of |\the |\POW |\camp? |- |\CORRECT |
ANSWERS |\✔✔Vladek |\got |\onto |\a |\Polish |\train |\and |\pretended |\to |\be |
an |\officer. |\Vladek |\was |\recognized |\but |\the |\officer |\helps |\him |\hide |
because |\the |\officer |\was |\Polish.

How |\does |\Vladek |\make |\his |\way |\back |\to |\Sosnowiec? |- |\CORRECT |
ANSWERS |\✔✔He |\takes |\a |\train. How |\does |\chapter |\THREE |\conclude? |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |
✔✔Vladek |\gave |\away |\Artie's |\coat |\and |\gave |\him |\a |\new |\one. What |\do |\these |\episodes |\from |\the |\present |\show |\us |\about |\Vladek? |
About |\Art? |\Why |\does |\Art |\include |\them? |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |
✔✔Vladek |\has |\always |\been |\changed |\by |\the |\war |\and |\that |\has |
affected |\how |\Artie |\grew |\up |\and |\his |\attitude. How |\is |\Vladek |\able |\to |\get |\by |\in |\Sosnowiec? |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔they |\had |\to |\use |\coupons. Describe |\the |\increasingly |\difficult |\conditions |\in |\the |\town? |- |
CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔there |\is |\limited |\amount |\of |\food, |\taking |
the |\elderly, |\and |\the |\Germans |\were |\taking |\away |\valuables |\and |
businesses. What |\does |\Ilzecki |\propose |\to |\Vladek? |\What |\is |\the |\outcome |\for |
both |\of |\them |\and |\their |\families? |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔Ilzecki |
gave |\Vladek |\a |\paper |\to |\walk |\around |\freely. |\He |\can |\now |\get |\more |
materials. |\Vladek |\makes |\his |\family |\proud |\and |\aids |\them |\towards |
survival. |\Ilzecki's |\family |\was |\caught, |\hung |\and |\all |\died. What |\happens |\to |\some |\of |\Vladek's |\black |\market |\business |
contacts? |\How |\does |\Vladek |\react, |\then |\and |\now? |- |\CORRECT |
ANSWERS |\✔✔A |\lot |\of |\them |\were |\caught |\and |\killed. |\Vladek |\was |
angry |\and |\afraid.

about |\Anja |\committing |\suicide. |\Mala |\is |\shocked |\about |\how |\Artie |
could |\write |\something |\so |\personal. Vladek |\gets |\emotional |\and |\cries. After |\they |\are |\relocated |\from |\Sosnowiec |\to |\Srodula, |\what |
happens |\to |\the |\family? |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔They |\get |\split |\up |\and |\end |\up |\in |\different |\areas. What |\later |\happens |\in |\Zawiercie |(where |\Tosha |\and |\the |\children |
have |\gone)? |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔The |\Germans |\invade |\and |
Tosha |\kills |\herself |\and |\the |\children |\with |\poison. How |\do |\they |\get |\arrested |\by |\Gestapo |\and |\how |\are |\they |\able |\to |
get |\out |\of |\detention? |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔They |\find |\their |
hideout. |\They |\get |\out |\by |\finding |\their |\cousin |\and |\he |\helps |\them |
find |\work |\because |\he |\was |\a |\German. What |\kind |\of |\person |\is |\Haskel |\Spiegelman? |\What |\is |\his |\fate? |\How |\does |\Vladek |\feel |\about |\him? |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔He |\looks |
after |\himself. |\Haskel |\died |\but |\Vladek |\was |\still |\mad |\at |\him |\over |
the |\cake |\incident. What |\happens |\to |\the |\people |\who |\decide |\to |\bribe |\the |\Germans |
and |\leave |\the |\bunker? |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔They |\get |\shot |
and |\killed. How |\do |\Anja |\and |\Vladek |\eventually |\get |\out |\of |\the |\ghetto? |- |
CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔They |\use |\their |\ring |\to |\escape.

What |\does |\Vladek |\have |\in |\his |\safe |\deposit |\box |\at |\the |\bank? |- |
CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔valuables |\made |\of |\14kt |\gold. How |\does |\he |\feel |\about |\Mala? |\Do |\you |\think |\his |\characterization |
of |\her |\is |\correct? |\Why? |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔Artie |\is |
indifferent |\about |\Mala |\but |\he |\knows |\that |\she |\is |\only |\interested |\in |\Vladek's |\money. |\Yes |\because |\she |\is |\a |\gold |\digger. Coming |\as |\it |\does |\after |\the |\concluding |\episode |\of |\Chapter |\FIVE, |
what |\is |\the |\significance |\of |\Mala |\and |\Art's |\conversation? |- |
CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔Mala |\is |\crying |\because |\Vladek |\treats |\her |
like |\a |\maid. What |\is |\Art |\worried |\about |\with |\respect |\to |\the |\portrayal |\of |\his |
father |\in |\his |\book? |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔He |\is |\scared |\that |\his |
father |\looks |\like |\a |\sterotypical |\Jew |(cheap, |\racist, |\dry, |\etc). What |\is |\Mala |\and |\Vladek's |\appraisal |\of |\Art's |\book? |- |\CORRECT |
ANSWERS |\✔✔Vladek |\cried |\remembering |\his |\past |\but |\Mala |\and |
Vladek |\were |\very |\proud |\and |\thought |\it |\was |\very |\interesting. What |\happens |\to |\Vladek |\and |\Anja |\when |\they |\return |\to |
Sosnowiec? |\Where |\do |\they |\end |\up |\finding |\food |\and |\shelter? |\How |
does |\Vladek |\help |\them |\to |\survive? |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔The |
Germans |\are |\searching |\for |\Jews |\so |\they |\hide |\in |\a |\shed. |
Vladek |\pretends |\to |\be |\a |\Pole |\and |\gets |\things |\from |\the |\black |
market. |
Vladek |\takes |\them |\to |\Kawka's |\farm |\to |\hide.