MAUS 1-2
MAUS 3-4
MAUS 5-6
Rhetorical Schemes
100

What neighborhood does Vladek live in?

Rego Park

100

What item of Artie's does Vladek throw away?

his coat

100

What is the title of the comic Artie wrote about his mother's suicide?

Prisoner on the Hell Planet

100

We shall go on to the end, we shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our Island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender,

anaphora

200

What is the name of the woman Vladek dated before marrying Anja?

Lucia

200

What family member of Vladek's appears to him in a dream to tell him that he will be freed from the POW camp?

his grandfather

200

What happens to Richieu?

The person they chose to look after Richieu poisons him rather than let him end up in a concentration camp.

200
  • Last week, he was just fine. Yesterday, he was just fine. And today, he was just fine.

epistrophe

300

Anja comes under suspicion for having friends of what political persuasion?

She had communist friends

300

In his dream, Vladek is told he will be freed from the POW camp at what time in the Jewish calendar?

Parshas Truma

300

Why does Vladek take Artie to the bank?

To grant him access to the safety deposit box in case anything happens to Vladek.

300

“Love without end, and without measure Grace.”- Milton

Chiasmus

400

What is the name of Valdek and Anja's first child?

Richieu

400

What is Vladek's relationship to the people hanged in the center of town?

Cohn was a business associate.

400

What country are Vladek and Anja trying to escape to when they are captured?

Hungary

400

"My fellow citizens: I stand here today humbled by the task before us, grateful for the trust you have bestowed, mindful of the sacrifices borne by our ancestors." -Obama

Parallelism

500

What body part is Vladek missing?

an eye

500

Where do all the Jews of Sosnowiek go to get their passports stamped?

the stadium

500

How do Anja and Vladek eventually get caught and sent to Auschwitz?

The smugglers who arranged their transit out of the country betray them to the Nazis.

500

"One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind."- Neil Armstrong

Antithesis