The Painter of Signs Quizzes

The Painter of Signs Quiz 1

1 Who is the protagonist of the novel?
Gupta

Gaffar

Raman

Daisy
2 What is Raman's occupation?
Cab Driver

Sign Painter

Bus Driver

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

His aunt

His mother

His father
4 Where does Raman live?
Malgudi

Bombay

Calcutta

Dhaka
5 Who criticizes Raman's choice of letter texture?
A bengal-seller

A professor

A lawyer

A surgeon
6 How does Raman feel about his work?
He takes great care with it

He thinks its an easy way to make money

He hates it

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

Stucco

Rhinestone

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

Strictly Cash

Credit Welcome

Apple Pay Accepted
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?
1998

1976

1982

1962
11 When did family planning initiatives in India begin?
1967

1971

1952

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

Dickens

Plato

Lahiri
13 Who makes most of Raman's meals?
His aunt

He does it himself

Gupta

Daisy
14 When does the novel take place?
The 1970s

The 1980s

The indeterminant future

The early 2000s
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 his business is floundering

Because his astrologer told him it was important

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

The bangle-seller

The lawyer

Daisy
18 What does the bangle-seller often do?
Touch the wrists of women

Scratch his forearm

Rub his forehead

Itch his nose
19 What is the perspective of the novel?
Third-person

It varies

Second-person

First-person
20 What is the genre of the novel?
Magical realism

High fantasy

Social realism

Historical fiction
21 What does Raman often find himself thinking about?
Visual art

Money

His parents

Colors
22 What made Raman want to paint signs?
His love of calligraphy

His desire to make money

The legacy of his father

A night class
23 Whose house does Raman work up the nerve to stop by?
The lawyer's

Daisy's

Gupta's

Guffars
24 What cause does Daisy advocate for?
Environmentalism

Family planning

Human rights

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

Coffee

Tea

Beer

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