The Painter of Signs Quizzes

The Painter of Signs Quiz 1

1 Who is the protagonist of the novel?
Daisy

Gupta

Raman

Gaffar
2 What is Raman's occupation?
Family Planning Campaigner

Cab Driver

Sign Painter

Bus Driver
3 Who does Raman live with?
His mother

His aunt

His uncle

His father
4 Where does Raman live?
Calcutta

Bombay

Dhaka

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

A surgeon

A bengal-seller

A lawyer
6 How does Raman feel about his work?
He doesn't think much about it

He thinks its an easy way to make money

He hates it

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

Smooth

Stucco

Sandpaper
8 What does the sign that Raman painted for the bangle-seller say?
Apple Pay Accepted

Cash Only

Credit Welcome

Strictly Cash
9 Where does Raman often eat lunch?
With his aunt at their house

At his job

The Boardless Hotel

With Daisy at her house
10 When was the novel published?
1962

1982

1976

1998
11 When did family planning initiatives in India begin?
1971

1952

1967

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

Gibbon

Lahiri

Dickens
13 Who makes most of Raman's meals?
He does it himself

His aunt

Gupta

Daisy
14 When does the novel take place?
The 1980s

The 1970s

The early 2000s

The indeterminant future
15 Who reviewed the novel for the New York Times?
Anthony Thwaite

Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Michiko Kakutani

William Faulker
16 Why does the lawyer need his sign done at a specific time?
Because his astrologer told him it was important

Because his business is floundering

Because he lost his old sign

Because his business opens at a certain hour
17 Who does not pay Raman for his services?
The bangle-seller

The lawyer

Daisy

Gupta
18 What does the bangle-seller often do?
Scratch his forearm

Rub his forehead

Itch his nose

Touch the wrists of women
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

Historical fiction

Social realism
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

The legacy of his father

His desire to make money

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

Guffars

Daisy's

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

Human rights

Family planning

Environmentalism
25 What does Daisy serve Raman at her home?
Beer

Tea

Coffee

Milk

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