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In Maus, which animal does Art Spiegelman choose to symbolize Jewish people?
ARats
BCats
CMice✓
DDogs
Rationale
In Maus, Spiegelman represents Jewish people as mice, Nazis/Germans as cats, and non-Jewish Poles as pigs, among other animal representations. This allegorical approach references Nazi propaganda that dehumanized Jewish individuals by likening them to vermin.
In Maus, how does Art Spiegelman visually depict Jewish people and Nazi Germans throughout the graphic novel?
AJewish people are illustrated as rats; Nazi Germans are illustrated as cats
BJewish people are illustrated as mice; Nazi Germans are illustrated as dogs
CJewish people are illustrated as mice; Nazi Germans are illustrated as cats✓
DJewish people are illustrated as rabbits; Nazi Germans are illustrated as wolves
Rationale
Spiegelman employs animal allegory throughout Maus — Jewish people are represented as mice and Nazi Germans as cats, highlighting the predator-prey relationship during the Holocaust. Polish non-Jews are represented as pigs, and Americans as dogs.