Maus Chapters 1-3

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  1. 3. Nazis overseeing the P.O.W. camp would act ruthlessly toward Jews and call them __________. (p. 54)
  2. 5. The Jewish holiday on which Vladek was granted freedom from the P.O.W. camp, temporarily.(p.59)
  3. 7. Vladek, after killing a German soldier, was captured by the Nazis, making him a ___________.(p.43)
  4. 11. After shooting and killing a German soldier, Vladek congratulates himself, stating: "At least ____________." (p. 52)
  5. 12. The name of the protagonist (main character) of Maus, who reports his Holocaust experience to his son, Art.
  6. 13. Toward the end of Chapter 2, Vladek explains how he received a ___________ in the mail, meaning he had to serve in the Polish army. (p. 40)
  7. 15. The author of Maus I and II.
  8. 16. Spiegelman uses _______ to symbolize (represent) the Jewish people in Maus.
  9. 17. Vladek got _______ to Anja, which angered Lucia, one of his ex-girlfriends.
  10. 19. Although Art wants to interview Vladek to gather his Holocaust story, Vladek seems more concerned with __________, at least during Chapter 1.(p.28)
  11. 20. The feared symbol used by Nazis to represent their absolute hatred toward Jewish people.(p. 34)
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  1. 1. Art almost ended his relationship with Anja because she almost got sent to prison for _____________.(p.29)
  2. 2. Vladek's father tried everything to prevent his sons from joining the army, including forced starvation, sleep deprivation, and _____________.(p. 47)
  3. 4. The Nazis forced Jewish people, like Vladek's father, to ________, as a means of stripping away their identity. (p. 67)
  4. 6. A specific genre of literature to which Maus belongs. (refer to Ch. 1 notes)
  5. 8. When Vladek's peers mention they don't mind giving up and dying, Vladek shouts: "I want to be treated like a ________." (p. 56)
  6. 9. Adolf Hitler famously said: "The Jews are undoubtedly a race, but they _____________."
  7. 10. On page 63, Vladek mentions that the Nazis took __________ prisoners into the forest and shot them.
  8. 14. Vladek acts _________ toward Mala, his second wife, as observed through trivial arguments between the two.
  9. 18. On page 69, Vladek mentions that, by 1939, the Nazis had established a __________, meaning that all Jews had to be in their homes by a certain time.