The Painter of Signs Quizzes

The Painter of Signs Quiz 1

1 Who is the protagonist of the novel?

Gupta

Daisy

Raman

Gaffar
2 What is Raman's occupation?

Cab Driver

Family Planning Campaigner

Bus Driver

Sign Painter
3 Who does Raman live with?

His aunt

His uncle

His mother

His father
4 Where does Raman live?

Bombay

Calcutta

Dhaka

Malgudi
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 thinks its an easy way to make money

He doesn't think much about it

He takes great care with it

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

Sandpaper

Smooth

Rhinestone

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

Strictly Cash

Credit Welcome

Apple Pay Accepted

Cash Only
9 Where does Raman often eat lunch?

With Daisy at her house

At his job

The Boardless Hotel

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

1982

1976

1962

1998
11 When did family planning initiatives in India begin?

1982

1967

1952

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

Dickens

Lahiri

Plato

Gibbon
13 Who makes most of Raman's meals?

He does it himself

Daisy

Gupta

His aunt
14 When does the novel take place?

The 1970s

The indeterminant future

The 1980s

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

William Faulker

Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Anthony Thwaite

Michiko Kakutani
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

The lawyer

Gupta

Daisy
18 What does the bangle-seller often do?

Scratch his forearm

Itch his nose

Rub his forehead

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

First-person

Second-person

It varies

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

Magical realism

Historical fiction

Social realism

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

Colors

His parents

Money

Visual art
22 What made Raman want to paint signs?

His love of calligraphy

His desire to make money

A night class

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

Guffars

Daisy's

Gupta's

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

Environmentalism

Tax reform

Family planning

Human rights
25 What does Daisy serve Raman at her home?

Beer

Coffee

Tea

Milk

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