The Painter of Signs Quizzes

The Painter of Signs Quiz 1

1 Who is the protagonist of the novel?

Gaffar

Daisy

Gupta

Raman
2 What is Raman's occupation?

Cab Driver

Family Planning Campaigner

Sign Painter

Bus Driver
3 Who does Raman live with?

His uncle

His mother

His father

His aunt
4 Where does Raman live?

Calcutta

Bombay

Malgudi

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

A surgeon

A professor

A bengal-seller

A lawyer
6 How does Raman feel about his work?

He takes great care with it

He thinks its an easy way to make money

He doesn't think much about it

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

Stucco

Smooth

Sandpaper

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?

With his aunt at their house

With Daisy at her house

The Boardless Hotel

At his job
10 When was the novel published?

1998

1982

1976

1962
11 When did family planning initiatives in India begin?

1952

1971

1982

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

Dickens

Gibbon

Lahiri

Plato
13 Who makes most of Raman's meals?

He does it himself

Daisy

His aunt

Gupta
14 When does the novel take place?

The 1970s

The early 2000s

The 1980s

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

Michiko Kakutani

Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Anthony Thwaite

William Faulker
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 his business is floundering

Because he lost his old sign
17 Who does not pay Raman for his services?

Daisy

The lawyer

The bangle-seller

Gupta
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?

First-person

Second-person

It varies

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

Historical fiction

Social realism

Magical realism

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

Visual art

His parents

Money

Colors
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?

Guffars

Gupta's

The lawyer's

Daisy's
24 What cause does Daisy advocate for?

Human rights

Environmentalism

Tax reform

Family planning
25 What does Daisy serve Raman at her home?

Tea

Coffee

Milk

Beer

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