The Painter of Signs Quizzes

The Painter of Signs Quiz 1

1 Who is the protagonist of the novel?

Daisy

Raman

Gupta

Gaffar
2 What is Raman's occupation?

Sign Painter

Family Planning Campaigner

Cab Driver

Bus Driver
3 Who does Raman live with?

His father

His uncle

His mother

His aunt
4 Where does Raman live?

Calcutta

Dhaka

Bombay

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

A lawyer

A surgeon

A professor

A bengal-seller
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?

Smooth

Rhinestone

Sandpaper

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

Apple Pay Accepted

Credit Welcome

Cash Only

Strictly Cash
9 Where does Raman often eat lunch?

At his job

The Boardless Hotel

With Daisy at her house

With his aunt at their house
10 When was the novel published?

1982

1962

1998

1976
11 When did family planning initiatives in India begin?

1967

1982

1952

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

Gibbon

Plato

Lahiri

Dickens
13 Who makes most of Raman's meals?

His aunt

Daisy

He does it himself

Gupta
14 When does the novel take place?

The 1970s

The indeterminant future

The early 2000s

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

William Faulker

Michiko Kakutani

Gabriel Garcia Marquez

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

Because his business is floundering

Because his business opens at a certain hour

Because his astrologer told him it was important

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

Daisy

The lawyer

Gupta

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

Touch the wrists of women

Itch his nose

Rub his forehead

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

First-person

It varies

Second-person

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

High fantasy

Social realism

Historical fiction

Magical realism
21 What does Raman often find himself thinking about?

His parents

Money

Colors

Visual art
22 What made Raman want to paint signs?

The legacy of his father

A night class

His desire to make money

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

Guffars

The lawyer's

Daisy's

Gupta's
24 What cause does Daisy advocate for?

Human rights

Environmentalism

Family planning

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

Tea

Coffee

Milk

Beer

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