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"Maus" Hunt Trivia Quiz

This graphic novel from Art Spiegelman is one of the most riveting, unique, and significant accounts written of a Holocaust survivor.

A multiple-choice quiz by 05Stang. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
05Stang

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
179,521

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
20

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
13 / 20

Plays
510

Last 3 plays: myusickmann (15/20), Guest 173 (9/20), Guest 99 (12/20).

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Question 1 of 20

1. What happened to Vladek and Anja when they attempted to go to Hungary? Hint

They didn't have enough money to go after all

they got caught by the Gestapo

They stayed with Mrs. Motonowa

They were shot

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Question 2 of 20

2. Vladek resided in what area of New York when Art was interviewing him for the book? Hint

Manhattan

Long Island

Buffalo

Rego Park

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Question 3 of 20

3. What was Vladek's business he owned before he was taken to Auschwitz? Hint

textile factory

cafe

grocery store

boutique

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Question 4 of 20

4. Anja, Vladek's wife, was imprisoned in which part of Auschwitz? Hint

she wasn't in Auschwitz

Auschwitz I

Auschwitz-Birkenau

Auschwitz III Buna-Monowitz

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Question 5 of 20

5. The name of Vladek and Anja's first son is what? Hint

Art

Richieu

Wolfe

Lolek

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Question 6 of 20

6. What was Anja's maiden name? Hint

Zylberberg

Goldberg

Spiegelman

Lodz

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Question 7 of 20

7. What is the name of the Polish town Auschwitz is located in? Hint

Lublin

Warsaw

Oswiecim

Krakow

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Question 8 of 20

8. What important things does Vladek's son Art need for Maus that Vladek threw out? (Art calls him "a murderer" after Vladek tells him what happened to these things) Hint

Vladek's diaries

Anja's diaries

Mala's diaries

Richieu's picture

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Question 9 of 20

9. Vladek and the other prisoners from Auschwitz are made to march, as the war is ending, for days until they reach another concentration camp that does not have gas, called what? Hint

Treblinka

Ravensbruck

Mauthausen

Gross Rosen

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Question 10 of 20

10. In the beginning of the story in book 1, what city in Poland is Vladek living? (This is before he meets Anja). Hint

Krakow

Lodz

Czechtochowa

Warsaw

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Question 11 of 20

11. Vladek did not date Lucia Greenberg.

True

False

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Question 12 of 20

12. What article of clothing of Art's did Vladek throw out when Art came to visit him? Hint

trench coat

shoes

hat

bag

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Question 13 of 20

13. What was Vladek's first job in Auschwitz? Hint

tinman

bed-after puller

shoe repairman

English tutor

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Question 14 of 20

14. Anja's nephew Lolek did not survive the war.

True

False

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Question 15 of 20

15. Why does Anja's kapo treat her better than before? (Anja's job was to carry heavy pails of soup, which she kept spilling for being so weak). Hint

Anja paid the kapo

Vladek had her shoes fixed

Anja didn't spill soup anymore

Anja got a new kapo

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Question 16 of 20

16. What does Vladek pick up on the street which he says is very useful when he and Art are walking to the bank? (Vladek has to take a Nitrostat pill on the way). Hint

telephone wire

a piece of paper

money

a box

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Question 17 of 20

17. In what hiding place are Vladek, Anja, and some of Anja's family in when they are ratted on to the Gestapo by another person in the ghetto? Hint

behind a false wall under a coal bin

in the attic of a house

in a basement

at the end of a tunnel made from a pile of shoes

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Question 18 of 20

18. What did Vladek say black work involved in Auschwitz? Hint

moving large boulders

digging pits

making valleys from hills

hauling machinery

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Question 19 of 20

19. How did Anja eventually die after surviving the camps? Hint

car accident

suicide

cancer

heart attack

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Question 20 of 20

20. In the last line of book 2, what does Vladek call Art? Hint

Lolek

Yidl

Shivek

Richieu

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What happened to Vladek and Anja when they attempted to go to Hungary?

Answer: they got caught by the Gestapo

Vladek's prisoner number was an omen that he would live. In the beginning of the second book, a man who was a priest came over to him and pointed out the signifance of the numbers in Judaism.

2. Vladek resided in what area of New York when Art was interviewing him for the book?

Answer: Rego Park

Rego Park is in the borough of Queens, part of New York City. Vladek and Mala lived here with many other Holocaust survivors.

3. What was Vladek's business he owned before he was taken to Auschwitz?

Answer: textile factory

Vladek's business helped him to acquire funds that later would later aid him in paying for Poles to hide him when deportation began.

4. Anja, Vladek's wife, was imprisoned in which part of Auschwitz?

Answer: Auschwitz-Birkenau

Auschwitz-Birkenau was the largest part of the camp, and also the most dangerous. Most of the gassing occurred in this part of the camp. Auschwitz III Buna-Monowitz was a hard labor camp, where male prisoners did back-breaking labor for the rubber plant there.

5. The name of Vladek and Anja's first son is what?

Answer: Richieu

Richieu, Vladek and Anja's first son, died during the war. He was poisoned by Anja's sister Tosha, who killed herself and also Richieu's cousins Lonia and Bibi.

6. What was Anja's maiden name?

Answer: Zylberberg

This is first mentioned when Anja and Vladek are on their very first outing together and a teacher Anja had recognizes her and calls her by her full name.

7. What is the name of the Polish town Auschwitz is located in?

Answer: Oswiecim

Today in Oswiecim there is a memorial and also a museum.

8. What important things does Vladek's son Art need for Maus that Vladek threw out? (Art calls him "a murderer" after Vladek tells him what happened to these things)

Answer: Anja's diaries

"Anja was writing always her diary."--Vladek Spiegelman. Art wanted his mother's diaries to incorporate her ordeal while she was in hiding and also while she was in Auschwitz-Birkenau.

9. Vladek and the other prisoners from Auschwitz are made to march, as the war is ending, for days until they reach another concentration camp that does not have gas, called what?

Answer: Gross Rosen

As liberation drew near, the Nazis quickly scrambled, trying to dismember evidence of the atrocities they had committed. They also forced prisoners on "Death Marches" to take them inside Germany and, as Vladek says, "Finish them quietly."

10. In the beginning of the story in book 1, what city in Poland is Vladek living? (This is before he meets Anja).

Answer: Czechtochowa

Poland was invaded on September 1, 1939 by Germany. The devastation was massive by the end of the war. The town of Krakow saw much tragedy, some of which is depicted in the 1993 film "Schindler's List."

11. Vladek did not date Lucia Greenberg.

Answer: False

Lucia sent a letter to Anja when she found out Vladek was dating her, telling her about Vladek's supposed womanizing reputation.

12. What article of clothing of Art's did Vladek throw out when Art came to visit him?

Answer: trench coat

Vladek was extremely meticulous with material things, always telling Art how he could find better deals on merchandise.

13. What was Vladek's first job in Auschwitz?

Answer: English tutor

Having skills was very beneficial, you were more likely to get a job and therefore maybe lived longer or even survived.

14. Anja's nephew Lolek did not survive the war.

Answer: False

Although Lolek refused to continue hiding when the ghetto was being liquidated and got taken to Auschwitz, he survived, married and became a successful college professor.

15. Why does Anja's kapo treat her better than before? (Anja's job was to carry heavy pails of soup, which she kept spilling for being so weak).

Answer: Vladek had her shoes fixed

Doing favors for the kapos helped prisoners to live a little longer in some situations. Because of Vladek's connections in the camp, he was able to have this done for Anja.

16. What does Vladek pick up on the street which he says is very useful when he and Art are walking to the bank? (Vladek has to take a Nitrostat pill on the way).

Answer: telephone wire

Vladek is a pack rat, and as he says, "Why buy when you can find?"

17. In what hiding place are Vladek, Anja, and some of Anja's family in when they are ratted on to the Gestapo by another person in the ghetto?

Answer: in the attic of a house

When the Spiegelmans are hiding in the attic, they take the piece of the ceiling they cut to make an entrance out and see a man sitting in the living room, who sees them and begs for them to hide him.

18. What did Vladek say black work involved in Auschwitz?

Answer: moving large boulders

Although Vladek managed to acquire a few jobs that did not require hard labor, he was taken away for "black work" for a time.

19. How did Anja eventually die after surviving the camps?

Answer: suicide

Anja commited suicide in the bathtub, Art Spiegelman depicts it when he includes a segment from his work, "Prisoner from the Hell Planet."

20. In the last line of book 2, what does Vladek call Art?

Answer: Richieu

Vladek has finally finished telling his survival of the war and the Holocaust, telling "Artie" to, "Stop please, your tape recorder. I am tired from talking, Richieu, and it's enough stories for now."

Source: Author 05Stang

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