The Painter of Signs Quizzes

The Painter of Signs Quiz 1

1 Who is the protagonist of the novel?
Raman

Daisy

Gupta

Gaffar
2 What is Raman's occupation?
Cab Driver

Bus Driver

Family Planning Campaigner

Sign Painter
3 Who does Raman live with?
His father

His mother

His uncle

His aunt
4 Where does Raman live?
Malgudi

Calcutta

Dhaka

Bombay
5 Who criticizes Raman's choice of letter texture?
A professor

A bengal-seller

A surgeon

A lawyer
6 How does Raman feel about his work?
He hates it

He thinks its an easy way to make money

He doesn't think much about it

He takes great care with it
7 What texture does Raman give the sign he paints for a lawyer?
Rhinestone

Stucco

Smooth

Sandpaper
8 What does the sign that Raman painted for the bangle-seller say?
Apple Pay Accepted

Strictly Cash

Cash Only

Credit Welcome
9 Where does Raman often eat lunch?
With his aunt at their house

With Daisy at her house

At his job

The Boardless Hotel
10 When was the novel published?
1962

1982

1976

1998
11 When did family planning initiatives in India begin?
1952

1982

1971

1967
12 Which of the following authors does Raman NOT read?
Dickens

Lahiri

Plato

Gibbon
13 Who makes most of Raman's meals?
His aunt

Daisy

He does it himself

Gupta
14 When does the novel take place?
The early 2000s

The 1980s

The 1970s

The indeterminant future
15 Who reviewed the novel for the New York Times?
William Faulker

Anthony Thwaite

Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Michiko Kakutani
16 Why does the lawyer need his sign done at a specific time?
Because his astrologer told him it was important

Because his business opens at a certain hour

Because he lost his old sign

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

Daisy

Gupta

The bangle-seller
18 What does the bangle-seller often do?
Touch the wrists of women

Scratch his forearm

Rub his forehead

Itch his nose
19 What is the perspective of the novel?
It varies

Second-person

First-person

Third-person
20 What is the genre of the novel?
Magical realism

Historical fiction

High fantasy

Social realism
21 What does Raman often find himself thinking about?
Colors

Visual art

His parents

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

His love of calligraphy

His desire to make money

The legacy of his father
23 Whose house does Raman work up the nerve to stop by?
Daisy's

Guffars

The lawyer's

Gupta's
24 What cause does Daisy advocate for?
Environmentalism

Tax reform

Family planning

Human rights
25 What does Daisy serve Raman at her home?
Tea

Beer

Milk

Coffee

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