MAUS by Art Speigelman

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MAUS by Art Speigelman

• Published in two volumes, in 1986 and 1991
• Took 13 years to complete
• Depicts his fathers story and his stormy
  relationship with his father
• It is the only graphic novel to win a Pulitzer
  Prize
• All people are represented by animals in the
  novel, symbolizing their roles in the Holocaust

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Animal Symbolism in MAUS

• MicePestilence, breeds rapidly with large
  amounts of offspring live silently among people
  hard to get rid of
• Catshunt mice protect the home from pestilence
• PigsJews dont eat pork and consider the pig a
  dirty animal the Poles were often collaborators
  with the Germans
• Fishthe British have long been famous for their
  navy

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Animal Symbolism in MAUS

• Frogsfrogs are slippery, slimy frogs can change
  into princes the French are renowned for eating
  frogs
• Dogsmans best friend loyal chase cats
• Gypsy Mothgypsies are always on the move like
  the moth, flitting around
• Reindeerreindeer, like the Swedes, are from the
  North
• Mouse with Cat Stripesthe child of a German and
  a Jew after the war

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MAUS Quiz Part I

• 1. What is the relationship like between Artie
  and his father?
• 2. How does Vladek find out what kind of
  housekeeper Anja was?
• 3. It was so cold in autumn in the prisoner of
  war camp that what happened to the birds?
• 4. What toy does Art draw his brother playing
  with? Why did he choose this toy?
• 5. Who were the guards in the ghetto who had big
  sticks and acted just like the Germans?

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MAUS Quiz Part I

• 6. How did Richieu die?
• 7. What does Vladek have Anja chew on since she
  is so hungry?
• 8. What is the shape of the road when Vladek and
  Anja are walking away?
• 9. What was Vladeks last treasure that was taken
  from him?
• 10. What year it is when they are taken away in
  the truck to Auschwitz?

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MAUS Quiz Part II

1. When added together, what number did Vladeks
   tattoo add up to?
2. When did Vladek die and what caused his death?
3. When did Arts mother die and how did she die?
4. What animal does Art guess that he would have
   drawn the Israelis?
5. How far was it from Auschwitz I to Birkenau?

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MAUS Quiz Part II

• 6. How much did Vladek have to save up to bribe
  the guards to bring Anja over?
• 7. How did the prisoners get cigarettes?
• 8. How long did Vladek say it took for the
  victims to die in the gas chamber?
• 9. Out of the 200 people who were in the train
  car with Vladek, how many survived?
• 10. Who liberated Vladek and his friend?
• Extra credit (worth 20 points)
• Who did Vladek call Art in the last frame on page
  136? How might this have upset Art?