MAUS Quizzes

MAUS Quiz 1

1 How does the elder Vladek exercise?
Lifts weights

Roller blading

Stationary bicycle

Goes for a run
2 In what city did Vladek live before he met Anja?
Sosnowiec

Czestochowa

Srodula

Bielsko
3 Who introduces Vladek to Anja?
His cousin

His brother

His father

His mother
4 What is Vladek's business before he meets Anja?
Tinsmith

Shoe Repair

Manufacturing

Textiles
5 How does Lucia get revenge on Vladek when she hears of his engagement?
She writes an incriminating letter to Anja

She steals money

She trashes his apartment

She gets him fired from his job
6 To whom does Anja give Communist documents for hiding?
Lucia

Her father

Her neighbor

Vladek
7 What does Anja's father give to Vladek to assist with his career?
A shoe factory

A munitions factory

A textile factory

A textile store
8 In what country is the sanitarium to which Anja is brought after she becomes depressed?
Russia

Poland

Germany

Czechoslovakia
9 When Vladek and Anja return from the sanitarium, what has happened to their factory?
It has burned to the ground

It has been sold to a competitor

It has been robbed

It has been taken over by the Germans
10 At what age did Vladek first go into the army?
21

18

25

16
11 What did Vladek's father do to try and prevent his joining the army?
Bribed an army officer

Moved to a different country

Intentionally starved him

Pulled out his teeth
12 How many Germans does Vladek kill in the one battle he fights?
10

1

5

2
13 What does Vladek eventually do to the soldier he kills?
Says a prayer over his body

Takes his watch

Buries him

Writes to his family
14 What stands out about Vladek's hands when they are examined by a German soldier?
They are very delicate

They are scarred

They are calloused

They are thoroughly scratched
15 What does Vladek do every morning at the P.O.W. camp?
Writes a letter to his family

Says a prayer

Takes a bath in a nearby river

Smokes a cigarette
16 What game do the P.O.W.s play at the camp?
Cribbage

Chess

Checkers

Backgammon
17 At the P.O.W. camp, who visits Vladek in a dream?
His father

Anja

His grandfather

His mother
18 In Vladek's dream at the P.O.W. camp, on what day will he be released?
Passover

Parshas Truma

Rosh Hashanah

Yom Kippur
19 To what city is Vladek brought when he is first released from the German P.O.W. camp?
Bielsko

Lublin

Breslin

Sosnowiec
20 What happened to the previous group of prisoners released from the P.O.W. camp?
They were shot

They were sent to a concentration camp

They were forced into a ghetto

They were placed in another P.O.W. camp
21 Who claims Vladek as a cousin to guarantee his release at Lublin?
Mandelbaum

Orbach

Lolek

Wolfe
22 What does Vladek see has happened to his father when he returns from the P.O.W. camp?
He has been sent to a concentration camp

He has suffered a heart attack

He has suffered a stroke

The Germans have cut off his beard
23 What does Vladek do to Art's coat?
He spills food on it

He asks Mala to fix it

He takes it for himself

He throws it away
24 What chore does Vladek ask Art to help him with on his third visit to Rego Park?
Clean the garage

Do the dishes

Fix a drain pipe on the roof

Rake the leaves
25 When Vladek returns to Sosnowiec from the P.O.W. camp, how many people are living in Anja's father's house?
5

15

12

2

Page 32, “Right away, we went.” Where are Vladek and Anja going and why?

Right away, we went. The sanitarium was inside Czechoslovakia, one of the most expensive and beautiful in the world.

Anja, Vladek's wife and Spiegelman's mother, went to a sanatorium in Czechoslovakia in 1938.

Asked by Alydia S #1337199

Answered by Aslan on 2/23/2024 5:04 AM

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Maus

Vladek wants to go to Hungary in order to escape the danger and uncertainty of his life, as well as Anja's. Hungary represents hope and safety.

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Answered by jill d #170087 on 2/14/2024 11:27 PM

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Chapter 6

The visual device used to show the difference betweem Vladek and Anja is that Anja has a tail protruding from under her coat, a detail that emphasizes her Jewish identity.

Asked by Alfred G #1335879

Answered by jill d #170087 on 2/9/2024 12:45 PM

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MAUS

by Art Spiegelman

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