MAUS Quizzes

MAUS Quiz 1

1 How does the elder Vladek exercise?
Roller blading

Goes for a run

Lifts weights

Stationary bicycle
2 In what city did Vladek live before he met Anja?
Bielsko

Sosnowiec

Czestochowa

Srodula
3 Who introduces Vladek to Anja?
His brother

His father

His mother

His cousin
4 What is Vladek's business before he meets Anja?
Textiles

Shoe Repair

Manufacturing

Tinsmith
5 How does Lucia get revenge on Vladek when she hears of his engagement?
She steals money

She gets him fired from his job

She trashes his apartment

She writes an incriminating letter to Anja
6 To whom does Anja give Communist documents for hiding?
Vladek

Her neighbor

Lucia

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

A munitions factory

A textile store

A shoe factory
8 In what country is the sanitarium to which Anja is brought after she becomes depressed?
Germany

Czechoslovakia

Russia

Poland
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

25

18

16
11 What did Vladek's father do to try and prevent his joining the army?
Pulled out his teeth

Bribed an army officer

Intentionally starved him

Moved to a different country
12 How many Germans does Vladek kill in the one battle he fights?
10

2

5

1
13 What does Vladek eventually do to the soldier he kills?
Writes to his family

Buries him

Takes his watch

Says a prayer over his body
14 What stands out about Vladek's hands when they are examined by a German soldier?
They are scarred

They are thoroughly scratched

They are calloused

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

Smokes a cigarette

Says a prayer

Takes a bath in a nearby river
16 What game do the P.O.W.s play at the camp?
Backgammon

Checkers

Chess

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

His mother

Anja

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

Rosh Hashanah

Passover

Parshas Truma
19 To what city is Vladek brought when he is first released from the German P.O.W. camp?
Breslin

Bielsko

Sosnowiec

Lublin
20 What happened to the previous group of prisoners released from the P.O.W. camp?
They were placed in another P.O.W. camp

They were shot

They were forced into a ghetto

They were sent to a concentration camp
21 Who claims Vladek as a cousin to guarantee his release at Lublin?
Lolek

Orbach

Mandelbaum

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

The Germans have cut off his beard

He has suffered a heart attack

He has suffered a stroke
23 What does Vladek do to Art's coat?
He asks Mala to fix it

He takes it for himself

He throws it away

He spills food on it
24 What chore does Vladek ask Art to help him with on his third visit to Rego Park?
Do the dishes

Rake the leaves

Fix a drain pipe on the roof

Clean the garage
25 When Vladek returns to Sosnowiec from the P.O.W. camp, how many people are living in Anja's father's house?
12

5

15

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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