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A comprehensive set of final exam questions and answers for art spiegelman's graphic novel, maus. It covers key plot points, character relationships, and historical context, offering valuable insights for students studying the holocaust and graphic literature. The questions delve into the complexities of vladek and anja spiegelman's experiences, art spiegelman's narrative choices, and the broader themes of memory, trauma, and identity. This resource is designed to enhance understanding and critical analysis of maus, making it an essential tool for exam preparation and deeper engagement with the text.
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When |\does |\Maus |\begin? |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔ 1958 How |\old |\is |\Art |\Spiegelman |\at |\the |\beginning |\of |\the |\memoir? |- |
CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔Eleven |\or |\twelve What |\experience |\does |\Art |\Spiegelman's |\father |\contrast |\with |\Art's |\experience |\of |\his |\friends |\skating |\away |\when |\his |\skate |\broke? |- |
CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔His |\experience |\in |\the |\Holocaust What |\period |\is |\covered |\by |\chapter |\1? |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |
✔✔1930s |\to |\ 1944 Where |\does |\Artie's |\father |\live, |\in |\the |\beginning |\of |\the |\memoir? |- |
CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔Rego |\Park, |\NY How |\did |\Artie's |\mother |\die? |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔Suicide How |\does |\Artie |\describe |\the |\relationship |\between |\his |\father |\and |
Anja? |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔They |\don't |\get |\along What |\business |\was |\Artie's |\father |\in |\before |\the |\war? |- |\CORRECT |
ANSWERS |\✔✔Textiles
Who |\does |\Artie's |\father |\say |\he |\was |\often |\compared |\to? |- |
CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔Rudolph |\Valentino How |\does |\Artie's |\father |\characterize |\his |\relationship |\with |\women? |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔He |\says |\they |\were |\seeking |\him |\out Who |\is |\Lucia |\Greenberg? |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔The |\first |\girl |
Artie's |\father |\has |\a |\relatioship |\with Where |\did |\Artie's |\father |\meet |\Anja? |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔In |\a |\park How |\does |\Artie's |\father |\surprise |\Anja |\on |\their |\first |\date? |- |
CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔By |\understanding |\her |\when |\she |\speaks |\in |\English When |\does |\Artie's |\father |\say |\he |\quit |\school |\to |\work? |- |\CORRECT |
ANSWERS |\✔✔Forteen What |\criticism |\does |\Lucia |\make |\of |\Anja? |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |
✔✔That |\she |\is |\not |\good |\looking What |\does |\Anja's |\teacher |\tell |\Artie's |\father |\tell |\about |\Anja? |- |
CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔He |\has |\never |\had |\a |\student |\as |\sensitive |
and |\intelligent |\as |\her
Where |\do |\Vladek |\and |\Anja |\live |\after |\they |\are |\married? |- |
CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔An |\apartment |\building |\ownde |\by |\Anja's |
father What |\is |\Artie's |\father |\doing |\while |\is |\telling |\Artie |\his |\story? |- |
CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔Riding |\an |\exercise |\bike What |\wedding |\gift |\does |\Artie's |\father |\say |\his |\father-in-law |\gave |
him? |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔A |\gold |\watch What |\objection |\does |\Artie's |\father |\make |\about |\the |\material |\Artie |
is |\gathering? |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔He |\says |\that |\it |\has |
nothing |\to |\do |\with |\Hitler Why |\does |\Artie |\say, |\in |\chapter |\1, |\that |\he |\wants |\to |\gather |\this |
information |\about |\Anja? |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔He |\says |\that |\he |\wants |\to |\tell |\a |\personal |\story, |\not |\a |\story |\about |\the |\Holocaust Whose |\story |\does |\Artie |\say, |\in |\chapter |\1, |\he |\wants |\to |\tell? |- |
CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔His |\father's What |\is |\Artie's |\father |\doing |\when |\Artie |\sees |\him |\again |\in |\Chapter |\2? |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔Counting |\pills What |\reason |\does |\Artie's |\father |\give |\for |\what |\he |\is |\doing |\in |
Chapter |\2? |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔He |\says |\that |\it |\is |\important |
for |\him |\to |\keep |\himself |\alive
What |\medical |\condition |\does |\Artie's |\father |\have? |- |\CORRECT |
ANSWERS |\✔✔Heart |\disease How |\does |\Artie's |\father |\describe |\Anja's |\relationships |\before |
marriage? |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔He |\says |\that |\she |\had |\no |
romantic |\relationships Who |\is |\the |\friend |\Anja |"always |\runs |\to |\see" |\even |\after |\her |\and |
Vladek |\were |\married? |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔A |\communist |
from |\Warsaw What |\is |\Anja's |\involvement |\with |\her |\friend |\she |"always |\runs |\to |
see" |\even |\after |\her |\and |\Vladek |\are |\married? |- |\CORRECT |
ANSWERS |\✔✔She |\translates |\his |\messages |\into |\German Who |\does |\Anja's |\friend |\get |\her |\in |\trouble |\with? |- |\CORRECT |
ANSWERS |\✔✔The |\police Who |\gets |\arrested |\because |\of |\the |\work |\Anja |\does |\for |\her |\friend? |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔Anja's |\seamstress What |\does |\Vladek |\say |\was |\his |\reaction |\to |\someone |\getting |
arrested? |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔He |\was |\ready |\to |\break |\off |\his |
marriage What |\does |\Vladek |\say |\was |\Anja's |\response |\to |\his |\strong |\reaction |
to |\someone |\getting |\arrested |\due |\to |\the |\work |\she |\was |\doing |\for |\
What |\plans |\do |\Anja's |\family |\and |\Vladek |\make |\after |\the |\birth |\of |
Vladek |\and |\Anja's |\first |\son? |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔Vladek |\and |
Anja |\fo |\to |\a |\sanitarium |\in |\Czechoslovakia Where |\does |\Vladek |\say |\he |\saw |\the |\swastika |\for |\the |\first |\time? |- |
CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔Czechoslovaka After |\their |\son |\is |\born, |\what |\do |\Vladek |\and |\Anja |\hear |\is |\going |\on |
in |\Germany? |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔War How |\does |\Artie's |\father |\characterize |\the |\situation |\for |\the |\Jews |\in |
Germany |\in |\1937? |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔He |\says |\that |\is |\was |
not |\that |\bad |\yet Where |\does |\Artie's |\father |\say |\he |\lived |\during |\the |\Great |\War? |- |
CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔In |\Poland What |\effect |\does |\Vladek's |\story |\about |\his |\father |\rescuing |\the |
pillow |\in |\ 1914 |\have |\on |\Anja? |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔It |\lifts |\her |
spirits What |\happened |\in |\the |\Bielsko |\factory |\while |\Vladek |\and |\Anja |\were |\away? |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔It |\was |\robbed What |\starts |\to |\happen |\in |\the |\town |\where |\Vladek |\and |\Anja |\live |
after |\they've |\had |\their |\son? |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |
✔✔Conscription |\of |\young |\men
What |\happens |\to |\disturb |\Vladek |\and |\Anja's |\peace |\in |\1939? |- |
CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔Vladek |\is |\drafted What |\is |\Vladek |\and |\Anja's |\reaction |\to |\Vladek |\being |\drafted? |- |
CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔Vladek |\reports, |\and |\Anja |\returns |\to |\her |
parents WHen |\the |\war |\begin |\for |\Vladek? |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |
✔✔September |\1, |\ 1939 What |\problem |\does |\Vladek |\have |\with |\his |\eyes? |- |\CORRECT |
ANSWERS |\✔✔He |\has |\one |\glass |\eye, |\and |\cataracts |\in |\the |\other What |\does |\Vladek |\do |\when |\his |\eye |\doctor |\misdiagnoses |\him? |- |
CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔He |\does |\not |\say |\anything How |\does |\the |\process |\of |\gathering |\information |\change |\Artie's |
relationship |\with |\his |\father? |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔He |\starts |\to |\visit |\him |\more What |\does |\Artie |\say |\was |\his |\father's |\policy |\regarding |\food? |- |
CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔Artie |\had |\to |\eat |\everything |\on |\his |\plate How |\does |\Artie's |\father |\characterize |\Anja's |\relationship |\with |
Artie? |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔He |\says |\that |\she |\was |\too |\easy |\on |\him
How |\does |\Vladek |\characterize |\his |\attitude |\about |\being |\in |\the |
army? |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔He |\says |\he |\didn't |\want |\to |\shoot |
anyone, |\so |\he |\shoot |\bindly What |\effect |\did |\Vladek's |\shooting |\have |\in |\the |\war, |\during |\the |
battle |\before |\he |\was |\captured? |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔He |\shot |
one |\German |\soldier How |\does |\Vladek |\keep |\from |\being |\beaten |\when |\he |\is |\taken |
captive |\in |\the |\war? |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔He |\speaks |\to |\the |
soldiers |\in |\German What |\task |\is |\Vladek |\assigned |\to |\after |\being |\captured |\in |\the |\war? |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔Collecting |\German |\injured |\and |\dead What |\task |\is |\Vladek |\given |\after |\being |\taken |\to |\a |\camp |\during |\the |\war? |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔To |\clean |\out |\a |\stable What |\does |\Artie's |\chide |\him |\with, |\while |\he |\is |\telling |\Artie |\stories? |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔Dropping |\cigarette |\ash |\on |\the |\carpet What |\are |\Vladek's |\accommodations |\in |\the |\P.O.W |\camp? |- |
CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔Unheated |\tents What |\was |\Vladek's |\chess |\set |\made |\of? |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |
✔✔Stones |\and |\bread
While |\in |\the |\P.O.W |\camp, |\what |\were |\the |\conditions |\under |\which |
Vladek |\could |\write |\home? |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔He |\had |\to |
write |\in |\German What |\does |\Vladek |\volunteer |\for |\while |\in |\the |\P.O.W |\camp? |- |
CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔A |\work |\detail What |\are |\Vladek's |\accommodations |\like |\on |\the |\assignment |\he |
volunteered |\for |\while |\being |\in |\the |\P.O.W? |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |
✔✔Much |\more |\comfortable |\than |\the |\P.O.W. |\camp What |\tools |\are |\Vladek |\and |\his |\companions |\given |\to |\work |\with |\on |
his |\work |\detail? |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔Shovels What |\work |\are |\Vladek |\and |\his |\fellows |\given |\for |\their |\work |
details? |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔Moving |\mountains What |\percentage |\of |\the |\worker's |\stayed |\at |\the |\work |\camp, |
according |\to |\Vladek? |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔80% What |\does |\Vladek |\dream |\will |\happen |\at |\Parshas |\Truma? |- |
CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔He |\will |\be |\released What |\events |\also |\took |\place |\on |\Parshas |\Truma? |- |\CORRECT |
ANSWERS |\✔✔Vladek |\and |\Anja |\were |\married
How |\many |\people |\were |\living |\in |\Vladek's |\father-in-laws |
household? |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔ 12 Why |\does |\Artie's |\father |\say |\that |\Anja's |\Uncle |\Herman |\and |\Aunt |
Helen |\were |\lucky? |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔They |\were |\in |\New |
York |\when |\the |\war |\started What |\complaint |\does |\Vladek's |\mother-in-law |\make |\about |\her |
soup? |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔She |\can't |\get |\the |\ingredients |\she |
needs How |\many |\ounces |\of |\bread |\is |\each |\member |\of |\Vladek's |\inlaws |
entitled |\to |\during |\the |\war, |\with |\the |\coupons |\the |\Germans |\have |
issued? |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔ 8 How |\does |\Anja's |\family |\get |\the |\food |\they |\need |\during |\the |\war? |- |
CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔The |\black |\market What |\is |\the |\punishment |\for |\even |\minor |\violations |\of |\laws |\during |
the |\war? |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔Being |\sent |\to |\a |\work |\camp What |\happened |\to |\Vladek's |\Bielsko |\factory |\during |\the |\war? |- |
CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔It |\was |\taken |\by |\the |\Germans What |\does |\Vladek |\find |\out |\is |\the |\problem |\with |\his |\in-laws |\family's |\finance |\during |\the |\war? |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔They |\have |\lost |
their |\factories, |\but |\they |\are |\still |\living |\like |\they |\did |\before |\the |\war
How |\do |\Vladek's |\in-laws |\distract |\themselves |\from |\the |\war? |- |
CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔By |\playing |\cards Who |\does |\Vladek |\run |\into |\on |\Modrzejowska |\Street? |- |\CORRECT |
ANSWERS |\✔✔A |\tailor |\who |\used |\to |\be |\a |\customer |\of |\his What |\does |\the |\individual |\whom |\Vladek |\runs |\into |\on |
Modrzejowska |\Street |\give |\him? |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔A |\note |
that |\will |\get |\him |\into |\his |\shop Where |\does |\Vladek |\visit |\after |\he |\runs |\into |\someone |\he |\knew |\on |
Modrzejowska |\Street? |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔To |\the |\shops |\that |
owed |\him |\money |\before |\the |\war Why |\does |\Vladek |\hide |\his |\money |\from |\his |\in-laws? |- |\CORRECT |
ANSWERS |\✔✔He |\knows |\they |\will |\just |\spend |\it What |\happens |\the |\next |\time |\Vladek |\goes |\to |\Modrzejowska |
Street? |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔The |\Nazis |\close |\off |\the |\street |\to |
inspect |\people's |\papers How |\does |\Vladek |\avoid |\trouble |\at |\Modrzejowska |\Street? |- |
CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔He |\disappears |\into |\a |\building Where |\does |\Vladek |\get |\a |\work |\card? |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔At |
a |\tin |\shop
What |\business |\does |\Vladek |\say |\he |\started |\after |\1942? |- |
CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔Trading |\gold |\and |\silver Where |\did |\Malala's |\mother |\hide, |\that |\she |\survived |\living |\in |\the |
ghetto? |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔In |\a |\coal |\cellar What |\wakes |\Artie |\up |\in |\Chapter |\ 5 |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔Mala |
is |\calling |\because |\Vladek |\has |\climbed |\out |\on |\the |\roof Why |\does |\Artie |\say |\he |\hated |\helping |\his |\father |\around |\the |
house? |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔Vladek |\would |\always |\critize |\how |\he |\did |\things How |\does |\Artie |\says |\that |\his |\father |\influenced |\his |\decision |\to |
become |\an |\artist? |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔It |\was |\a |\field |\where |
he |\wouldn't |\have |\to |\compete |\with |\his |\father What |\is |\Vladek |\doing |\when |\Artie |\sees |\him |\next |\in |\Chapter |\5? |- |
CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔Sorting |\nails When |\is |"Prisoner |\on |\the |\Hell |\Planet" |\set? |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |
✔✔ 1968 Where |\had |\Artie |\been, |\when |"Prisoner |\from |\the |\Hell |\Planet" |
begins? |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔The |\mental |\hospital
How |\had |\Artie's |\mother |\killed |\herself? |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |
✔✔She |\slit |\her |\wrists Who |\found |\Artie's |\mother's |\body? |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |
✔✔Vladek How |\does |\the |"Prisoner |\on |\the |\Hell |\Planet" |\differ |\from |\the |\rest |\of |
Maus |\stylist? |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔More |\sinister What |\does |\Artie |\resent |\in |"Prisoner |\on |\the |\Hell |\Planet"? |- |
CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔His |\father's |\excessive |\grief What |\does |\Artie |\say |\overwhelms |\him |\at |\his |\mother's |\funeral? |- |
CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔Guilt What |\were |\Anja's |\last |\words |\to |\Artie? |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |
✔✔You |\still |\love |\me, |\don't |\you How |\does |\Artie |\describe |\the |\position |\his |\mother |\puts |\him |\in |\by |
killing |\herself? |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔He |\feels |\like |\a |\prisoner, |
who |\is |\guility |\for |\having |\killed |\her What |\does |\Artie |\say |\is |\Vladek's |\relationship |\with |\Artie's |\comic |
books? |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔He |\doesn't |\look |\at |\them |\when |
Artie |\puts |\them |\under |\his |\nose
Where |\does |\Vladek |\say |\he |\made |\a |\bunker |\in |\the |\second |\house |
he |\lived |\in |\at |\Srodula? |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔In |\the |\attic What |\question |\is |\Vladek |\forced |\to |\answer |\when |\a |\man |\stumbles |
upon |\the |\bunker |\he |\has |\made? |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔Whether |\to |\trust |\him Under |\what |\condition |\does |\Vladek |\say |\his |\cousin |\risked |\helping |
him |\at |\Srodula? |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔If |\he |\paid What |\saves |\Vladek |\when |\has |\a |\heart |\attack |\on |\the |\sidewalk? |- |
CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔Nitrostat What |\saves |\Vladek |\from |\a |\beating |\at |\the |\hands |\of |\a |\German |
guard |\while |\in |\Srodula? |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔His |\connection |
with |\Haskel |\Spiegelman Where |\does |\Vladek |\take |\refuge |\as |\Srodula |\is |\liquidated? |- |
CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔In |\a |\bunker |\inside |\a |\pile |\of |\shoes When |\Vladek |\and |\Artie |\are |\at |\the |\bank |\together, |\what |\complaint |
does |\Vladek |\make |\about |\Mala? |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔He |\says |
that |\she |\wants |\his |\money |\for |\herself What |\complaint |\does |\Mala |\make |\about |\Vladek |\at |\the |\beginning |
of |\Chapter |\6? |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔That |\he |\is |\stingy
In |\what |\way |\does |\Mala |\say |\Vladek |\is |\unique |\among |\people |\she |
knew |\from |\the |\camps? |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔No |\one |\else |\is |\so |\cheap What |\does |\Artie |\say, |\in |\Chapter |\6, |\bothers |\him |\about |\his |\father? |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔He |\is |\just |\like |\the |\stereotype |\of |\the |
miserly |\Jew What |\does |\Artie |\say |\is |\his |\mission |\in |\writing |\about |\his |\father? |- |
CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔To |\portray |\him |\as |\he |\actually |\is What |\part |\of |\his |\father's |\story |\does |\Artie |\say |\he |\wished |\he |\knew |
more |\about? |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔Anja's |\story What |\suggestion |\does |\Artie |\make |\to |\his |\father |\about |\his |\father's |
relationship |\with |\Mala? |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔To |\see |\a |
marriage |\conselor How |\does |\Art |\Spiegelman |\depict |\the |\Jews |\pretending |\to |\be |\Poles? |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔He |\draws |\them |\with |\pig |\masks |\over |
thier |\mouse |\faces Who |\does |\Vladek |\run |\into |\on |\the |\streets |\of |\Sosnowiec? |- |
CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔A |\fellow |\Jew What |\does |\Vladek |\come |\back |\to |\Anja |\with, |\after |\walking |\around |
Sosnowiec? |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔Food