The Painter of Signs Quizzes

The Painter of Signs Quiz 1

1 Who is the protagonist of the novel?

Gaffar

Raman

Daisy

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 father

His uncle

His mother
4 Where does Raman live?

Malgudi

Dhaka

Calcutta

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

A surgeon

A lawyer

A bengal-seller

A professor
6 How does Raman feel about his work?

He doesn't think much about it

He thinks its an easy way to make money

He takes great care with it

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

Sandpaper

Rhinestone

Stucco

Smooth
8 What does the sign that Raman painted for the bangle-seller say?

Cash Only

Strictly Cash

Credit Welcome

Apple Pay Accepted
9 Where does Raman often eat lunch?

The Boardless Hotel

At his job

With his aunt at their house

With Daisy at her house
10 When was the novel published?

1962

1982

1998

1976
11 When did family planning initiatives in India begin?

1967

1952

1971

1982
12 Which of the following authors does Raman NOT read?

Gibbon

Lahiri

Dickens

Plato
13 Who makes most of Raman's meals?

Daisy

His aunt

Gupta

He does it himself
14 When does the novel take place?

The indeterminant future

The 1980s

The 1970s

The early 2000s
15 Who reviewed the novel for the New York Times?

Michiko Kakutani

William Faulker

Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Anthony Thwaite
16 Why does the lawyer need his sign done at a specific time?

Because his business opens at a certain hour

Because his astrologer told him it was important

Because he lost his old sign

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

The bangle-seller

Gupta

Daisy

The lawyer
18 What does the bangle-seller often do?

Itch his nose

Touch the wrists of women

Rub his forehead

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

It varies

Third-person

First-person

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

Social realism

High fantasy

Magical realism

Historical fiction
21 What does Raman often find himself thinking about?

Visual art

Colors

His parents

Money
22 What made Raman want to paint signs?

His desire to make money

A night class

His love of calligraphy

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

Gupta's

The lawyer's

Guffars

Daisy's
24 What cause does Daisy advocate for?

Human rights

Tax reform

Family planning

Environmentalism
25 What does Daisy serve Raman at her home?

Coffee

Milk

Beer

Tea

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