The Painter of Signs Quizzes

The Painter of Signs Quiz 1

1 Who is the protagonist of the novel?
Raman

Daisy

Gaffar

Gupta
2 What is Raman's occupation?
Bus Driver

Cab Driver

Sign Painter

Family Planning Campaigner
3 Who does Raman live with?
His aunt

His mother

His uncle

His father
4 Where does Raman live?
Calcutta

Bombay

Dhaka

Malgudi
5 Who criticizes Raman's choice of letter texture?
A lawyer

A bengal-seller

A professor

A surgeon
6 How does Raman feel about his work?
He doesn't think much about it

He takes great care with it

He thinks its an easy way to make money

He hates it
7 What texture does Raman give the sign he paints for a lawyer?
Stucco

Sandpaper

Smooth

Rhinestone
8 What does the sign that Raman painted for the bangle-seller say?
Credit Welcome

Cash Only

Apple Pay Accepted

Strictly Cash
9 Where does Raman often eat lunch?
The Boardless Hotel

With Daisy at her house

With his aunt at their house

At his job
10 When was the novel published?
1982

1976

1962

1998
11 When did family planning initiatives in India begin?
1982

1952

1967

1971
12 Which of the following authors does Raman NOT read?
Plato

Dickens

Lahiri

Gibbon
13 Who makes most of Raman's meals?
Daisy

Gupta

He does it himself

His aunt
14 When does the novel take place?
The 1970s

The 1980s

The early 2000s

The indeterminant future
15 Who reviewed the novel for the New York Times?
Anthony Thwaite

William Faulker

Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Michiko Kakutani
16 Why does the lawyer need his sign done at a specific time?
Because his business opens at a certain hour

Because he lost his old sign

Because his astrologer told him it was important

Because his business is floundering
17 Who does not pay Raman for his services?
The lawyer

Gupta

The bangle-seller

Daisy
18 What does the bangle-seller often do?
Itch his nose

Rub his forehead

Touch the wrists of women

Scratch his forearm
19 What is the perspective of the novel?
It varies

First-person

Third-person

Second-person
20 What is the genre of the novel?
Social realism

Historical fiction

Magical realism

High fantasy
21 What does Raman often find himself thinking about?
His parents

Money

Visual art

Colors
22 What made Raman want to paint signs?
A night class

His desire to make money

The legacy of his father

His love of calligraphy
23 Whose house does Raman work up the nerve to stop by?
The lawyer's

Guffars

Daisy's

Gupta's
24 What cause does Daisy advocate for?
Human rights

Family planning

Tax reform

Environmentalism
25 What does Daisy serve Raman at her home?
Tea

Beer

Milk

Coffee

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