The Painter of Signs Quizzes

The Painter of Signs Quiz 1

1 Who is the protagonist of the novel?

Daisy

Gaffar

Raman

Gupta
2 What is Raman's occupation?

Family Planning Campaigner

Bus Driver

Sign Painter

Cab Driver
3 Who does Raman live with?

His uncle

His aunt

His mother

His father
4 Where does Raman live?

Bombay

Malgudi

Dhaka

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

A lawyer

A bengal-seller

A surgeon

A professor
6 How does Raman feel about his work?

He hates it

He doesn't think much about it

He thinks its an easy way to make money

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

Rhinestone

Sandpaper

Smooth

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

Strictly Cash

Cash Only

Apple Pay Accepted

Credit Welcome
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?

1998

1962

1982

1976
11 When did family planning initiatives in India begin?

1971

1952

1967

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

Dickens

Plato

Gibbon

Lahiri
13 Who makes most of Raman's meals?

Daisy

He does it himself

His aunt

Gupta
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?

Anthony Thwaite

William Faulker

Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Michiko Kakutani
16 Why does the lawyer need his sign done at a specific time?

Because his business opens at a certain hour

Because he lost his old sign

Because his astrologer told him it was important

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

The lawyer

Daisy

The bangle-seller

Gupta
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?

Third-person

It varies

First-person

Second-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?

Money

Colors

Visual art

His parents
22 What made Raman want to paint signs?

His love of calligraphy

A night class

The legacy of his father

His desire to make money
23 Whose house does Raman work up the nerve to stop by?

Daisy's

Gupta's

Guffars

The lawyer's
24 What cause does Daisy advocate for?

Family planning

Tax reform

Human rights

Environmentalism
25 What does Daisy serve Raman at her home?

Tea

Coffee

Milk

Beer

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