Maus Haus I
Maus Haus II
Relitutionary Ideas
Unit Nerdy Wordy
Revolutionary Maus
100
The last chapter of Maus II is called "The Second Honeymoon" because this happens at the end of the war.
What is Vladek is reunited with his wife?
100
Ironically, Vladek is racist against Shvartsers, which are these people.
What are African Americans?
100
Maus I and II are considered revolutionary literature because of this.
They are the first graphic novels of the Holocaust.
100
This word from below does NOT fit the definition of “status quo” a. Normal b. Existing conditions c. Beliefs d. Revolutionary
What is d (Revolutionary)?
100
Art Spiegelman uses these to explain the hierarchy of people and the loss of identity during the Holocaust.
What are visual metaphors?
200
When Vladek arrives in Auschwitz, the priest puts "new life into" him when he tells him the meaning of this item.
What is the number tattooed on his arm?
200
All the prisoners of Auschwitz had to do this when the front was getting closer to the Camps.
What is march back to Germany (from Poland)?
200
Revolutionary Literature attempts to do this ___________ in order to accomplish this: ____________.
What is challenge the status quo and create a paradigm shift?
200
The time and place in which the artist works; factors that influence the artist
What is context?
200
Maus has literary value because it has all of the following except this: a. a powerful storyline b. an important story to tell c. pictures in addition to words d. visual metaphors to represent the Holocaust
What is c (pictures in addition to words)?
300
Vladek gets treated really well by a kapo because he speaks these two languages.
What are Polish and English?
300
Maus is the only graphic novel to win this prestigious literary award.
What is the Pulitzer Prize?
300
When creating Revolutionary Literature, the element that will give you the most insight about why it's revolutionary is ___________ because that is where the social or literary issues arise.
What is context?
300
An author must consider THIS when thinking of ways to sell the most books.
What is the audience?
300
Spiegelman's story is exceptionally revolutionary because he won the Pulitzer Prize despite this.
What is no one wanted to publish his book.
400
Art tells the men interested in turning his book into a movie that he didn't feel he could reduce his book to a _________.
What is message?
400
Vladek gets his wife to be treated better by her Kapo because of this action.
What is repairing the Kapo's leather shoes?
400
Johnny Got His Gun and Maus are similar because they both have this.
What is revolutionary structure?
400
The end of segregation (the practice of separating minorities and Caucasians) is an example of ____________.
What is paradigm shift?
400
Visual metaphors are used in Maus and can be defined as __________________________ .
What are representations of ideas or objects in the real world?
500
This woman brought messages back and forth between Vladek and Anja.
Who is Mancie?
500
There were too many Hungarians to murder in the gas chambers, so the Nazis did this instead.
What is burn them in giant cremation pits?
500
Even though authors write for a very large audience, who is hopefully the target audience for revolutionary literature?
What is people who believe in the status quo?
500
What two words connect ALL of the below ideas? a.) Rhetor b.) Context c.) Purpose d.) Audience
What is Rhetorical Triangle?
500
The excerpts we gave you to compare and contrast with Maus are this genre. Be more specific than non-fiction.
What is memoir?