PEOPLE
PLACES
SYMBOLS
ART
EVENTS
100
The author and artist for MAUS.
Who is Art Spiegelman
100
The country that invaded Poland.
What is Germany?
100
Artie carries this, which stands for all his emotional baggage.
What is a briefcase?
100
Vertical stripes in the book usually symbolize this.
What is prison?
100
In the beginning of the book, young Artie looks for closeness with his father after doing this.
What is roller skating?
200
The main character in MAUS.
Who is Vladek?
200
The country where Vladek lived as a young man.
What is Poland?
200
An important body part that serves as a symbol when Vladek is in the prisoner of war camp.
What are hands?
200
When characters lie or do something shady, Spiegelman often draws them like this.
What is in silhouette?
200
As a young man in Poland, Vladek visits Anja's family and finds this in a closet.
What are pills?
300
The name of Vladek's first wife and the love of his life.
Who is Anja?
300
The country where Anja spent time in a spa for people with depression.
What is Czechoslovakia?
300
The ugly, unwanted coat Vladek forces on Artie is a symbol for this.
What is love?
300
Because Jews are forced to creep around and are exterminated like vermin, Spiegelman draws them like this.
What is as mice?
300
When Vladek kills a German soldier, he feels this emotion.
What is pride?
400
Polish people are drawn as this animal.
What are pigs?
400

The state Vladek lives in and where Artie writes the story.

What is New York?

400
When Vladek pedals on his exercise bike and goes nowhere, it symbolizes this emotion.
What is guilt?
400
In order to show Anja can't "pass" as non-Jewish, Spiegelman draws her with this.
What is a tail?
400
When the Germans order Jewish prisoners to move a mountain, the Jews are compared to this Greek hero.
Who is Hercules?
500
The name of Artie's wife.
Who is Francoise?
500
The name of the most notorious concentration camp.
What is Auschwitz?
500
When Vladek and Anja try to flee Poland, the roads are shaped like one of these to symbolize their limited choices.
What is a swastika?
500
In order to show that dividing people into groups is arbitrary and foolish, Spiegelman draws mice with masks that show this.
What is a string?
500
Artie spends a lot of time trying to find these, which belonged to his mother.
What are her diaries?
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