The Painter of Signs Quizzes

The Painter of Signs Quiz 1

1 Who is the protagonist of the novel?
Gupta

Raman

Daisy

Gaffar
2 What is Raman's occupation?
Cab Driver

Bus Driver

Sign Painter

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

His aunt

His father

His uncle
4 Where does Raman live?
Bombay

Malgudi

Calcutta

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

A lawyer

A professor

A bengal-seller
6 How does Raman feel about his work?
He thinks its an easy way to make money

He hates it

He takes great care with it

He doesn't think much about it
7 What texture does Raman give the sign he paints for a lawyer?
Rhinestone

Smooth

Sandpaper

Stucco
8 What does the sign that Raman painted for the bangle-seller say?
Cash Only

Apple Pay Accepted

Credit Welcome

Strictly Cash
9 Where does Raman often eat lunch?
With Daisy at her house

With his aunt at their house

At his job

The Boardless Hotel
10 When was the novel published?
1982

1976

1998

1962
11 When did family planning initiatives in India begin?
1971

1982

1967

1952
12 Which of the following authors does Raman NOT read?
Lahiri

Plato

Gibbon

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

His aunt

Gupta

He does it himself
14 When does the novel take place?
The 1970s

The early 2000s

The indeterminant future

The 1980s
15 Who reviewed the novel for the New York Times?
William Faulker

Anthony Thwaite

Michiko Kakutani

Gabriel Garcia Marquez
16 Why does the lawyer need his sign done at a specific time?
Because he lost his old sign

Because his astrologer told him it was important

Because his business opens at a certain hour

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

The bangle-seller

Gupta

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

Rub his forehead

Scratch his forearm

Touch the wrists of women
19 What is the perspective of the novel?
It varies

First-person

Second-person

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

Magical realism

Historical fiction

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

Money

His parents

Visual art
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?
Gupta's

Daisy's

The lawyer's

Guffars
24 What cause does Daisy advocate for?
Family planning

Environmentalism

Human rights

Tax reform
25 What does Daisy serve Raman at her home?
Beer

Coffee

Tea

Milk

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