Characters
Vladek's wives
Who are Anja and Mala
The disease Vladek contracts in the camps
What is Typhus?
The Americans call Vladek this name
Willie
This describes Artie's feelings toward Richieu
Jealousy or Resentment
The gas chambers were deceptively disguised as this type of room
shower room
The barrack leader who helped Anja during her time in the camps.
Who is Mancie?
This person helps Vladek when he first arrives to Auschwitz and is craying.
Who is a priest?
The French are represented by this animal.
What is a frog?
Vladek thinks Artie shares this characteristic with Anja
nervousness
Why does Artie depict himself writing his novel with dead bodies beneath him?
Vladek's friend in Auschwitz who dropped his spoon
Who is Mandelbaum?
The cyanide based pesticide used in the gas chambers
What is Zyklon B
Anja was located at this camp for the majority of Maus 2
Where is Birkenau?
After writing Maus I, Artie is scared people will view his father as a
miser or cheapskate
Maus is this type of narrative
frame narrative or story within a story
Vladek stays with this person in a barn.
Who is Shivek?
Vladek used this to get on Yidl's good side (be specific!)
gifts/bribes of food
This happens to Artie when he is getting questioned by interviewers and what it symbolizes
he turns into a baby or he shrinks; feeling like a child or inferior
What is the last thing Vladek says in the book?
he calls Artie Richieu
This is how long it took Artie to publish the Maus books.
What is 13 years?
This person was in Auschwitz and gives counsel to Artie
Who is Pavel?
Vladek's short term memory loss but ability to remember details from the distant past symbolizes what in the novel?
The lasting effect of trauma / the significance of traumatic memories
Vladek and Mala's vacation bungalow location (be specific)
Where is the Catskills?
Art includes a human picture of his father as a reminder to the reader that
This is a true story based on real people
The years during which World War 2 was ongoing
1939-1945