Maus Book 1 Essentials Review

The best explanation for why Artie and Vladek have a difficult relationship is:

• Artie blames his father for his mother’s suicide.

• Vladek is sometimes a difficult person to get along with.

• Artie is a bad son.

• Vladek does not support Artie’s career as an artist.

Artie is a ___ for a living

• Comic writer

• Historian

• Teacher

• Public Speaker

Choose the true statement about Lucia and Vladek's relationship:

• Vladek cheats on Lucia with Anja.

• Vladek never promised to marry Lucia, even though they dated for 3-4 years.

• Anja writes Lucia a nasty letter threatening her to stop her from seeing Vladek.

• Vladek had many girlfriends all at the same time, and brags about it to Artie.

Vladek is attracted to Anja because she is

• Rich

• Beautiful

• Intelligent

• Small

Why is Vladek hesitant to marry Anja?

• Her family is poor

• She is on medication

• He doesn't want to betray Lucia

• They live in separate countries

Vladek was upset with Anja when they first got married because

• She was friendly with a communist

• She wanted to work

• She wanted to live with her parents, and Vladek didn't

• She didn't want to have children

What happens to Anja after she gives birth to Richieu?

• She experiences postpartum depression and has to go to a sanitarium.

• She is responsible for framing an innocent woman and getting a woman sent to jail.

• She argues with Vladek about Lucia.

• She is sent to the front to fight the Germans.

What happens while Vladek and Anja are away?

• Vladek's factory is burglarized.

• Anja gets better.

• Nazis start to occupy more cities and towns in Poland.

• All of the above

How did Vladek's father TRY to keep him out of the army?

• By leaving the country

• By lying about Vladek's age

• By hiding Vladek

• By starving Vladek

While Vladek is a soldier in the war, he

• Kills a German soldier

• Escapes the war

• Kills a fellow Jewish soldier

• None of the above