MAUS Questions and Answers

Question 1

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how does Art Spiegleman's understanding of Vladek and Anja's past help or harm his relationship with Vladek in the present

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Asked by Ethan T #448097

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Question 2

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Who is Mrs. Motonowa?

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Question 3

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Part I

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Question 4

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Book I

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Question 5

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In Maus, Art interviews Vladek about the Holocaust. How reliable do you think Vladek memory is? Why?

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Asked by Trường L #443890

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Question 6

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How did people survive in Poland during the WW2. How do you think these survivor felt after the war? Why?

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Asked by Trường L #443890

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Question 7

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What would you have done if you were a Jew living in Poland during the WW2. What would you have done if you were a Pole? A German? Why?

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Asked by Trường L #443890

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Question 8

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Maus portrays tje Holocaust or a genocide. A genocide is a deliberate and systematic destruction of a racial, political or cultural group. Do you know of any recent genocides? How are these genocides similar to the Holocaust? How are they different?

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Asked by Trường L #443890

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Question 9

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Why did Spiegelman portray his father's story as a comic strip?

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Question 10

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Why did Spiegelman write this book? Why did he call is Maus?

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Asked by Trường L #443890

Last updated by Trường L #443890 on 5/26/2015 12:27 AM

Question 11

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What will happen with Vladek and Art's relationship? Why?

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Asked by Trường L #443890

Last updated by Trường L #443890 on 5/26/2015 12:12 AM

Question 12

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Explain what you believe will happen to Vladek and Mala's marriage?

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Asked by Trường L #443890

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Question 13

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Why do you think Anja kills herself?

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Asked by Trường L #443890

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Question 14

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How do you think Vladek and Anja survive Auschwitz?

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Asked by Trường L #443890

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Question 15

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How does Art respond to his father when Vladek calls to ask for help with fixing the drainpipe?

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Asked by Trường L #443890

Last updated by Aslan on 5/20/2015 3:49 AM

Question 16

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What is ''Prisoner on the Hell Planet''? How is this comic different from Maus? How is it similar?

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Asked by Trường L #443890

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Question 17

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What happens to Anja's diaries? Why does this upset Art? Why does Art call his father a ''murderer''? Explain his response.

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Asked by Trường L #443890

Last updated by Trường L #443890 on 5/20/2015 3:37 AM

Question 18

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On Page 116, Vladek refers to Haskel as a ''kombinator''. What is a ''kominator''? Why does Vladek call Haskel a ''kombinator''? Do you agree with him? Why or Why not.

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Asked by Trường L #443890

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Question 19

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Why does Art Spiegelman protray the paths as a swastika? How does this image express Vladek and Anja's situation? (Include image on bottom left, p. 125)

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Asked by Trường L #443890

Last updated by Trường L #443890 on 5/20/2015 3:15 AM

Question 20

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Do you think Mrs. Motonowa is justified in throwing out Vladek and Anja? Explain.

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Asked by Trường L #443890

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Question 21

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Why does Art worry about the way he's portraying his father, Vladek in the book? Should Art worry about this? Explain.

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Asked by Trường L #443890

Last updated by Trường L #443890 on 5/20/2015 3:04 AM

Question 22

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Vladek question why he ever remarried after Anja's death. Why do you think he married Mala? Do you think Vladek and Mala have good marriage? Explain.

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Asked by Trường L #443890

Last updated by Aslan on 5/20/2015 2:57 AM

Question 23

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Life in Sosnoweic begins to look like life in a concentration camp. Find Two similarities

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Asked by Russell N #444334

Last updated by jill d #170087 on 5/15/2015 9:11 PM

Question 24

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What happens to Richieu after the jewish counsel is executed?

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Asked by Russell N #444334

Last updated by jill d #170087 on 5/15/2015 9:08 PM

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