The Painter of Signs Quizzes

The Painter of Signs Quiz 1

1 Who is the protagonist of the novel?
Raman

Daisy

Gaffar

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

Sign Painter

Bus Driver

Cab Driver
3 Who does Raman live with?
His aunt

His mother

His father

His uncle
4 Where does Raman live?
Malgudi

Bombay

Dhaka

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

A professor

A surgeon

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

He hates it

He doesn't think much about it

He thinks its an easy way to make money
7 What texture does Raman give the sign he paints for a lawyer?
Smooth

Sandpaper

Rhinestone

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

Apple Pay Accepted

Cash Only

Credit Welcome
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?
1962

1982

1976

1998
11 When did family planning initiatives in India begin?
1967

1971

1982

1952
12 Which of the following authors does Raman NOT read?
Gibbon

Plato

Dickens

Lahiri
13 Who makes most of Raman's meals?
Daisy

Gupta

He does it himself

His aunt
14 When does the novel take place?
The early 2000s

The indeterminant future

The 1980s

The 1970s
15 Who reviewed the novel for the New York Times?
Michiko Kakutani

Gabriel Garcia Marquez

William Faulker

Anthony Thwaite
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

Daisy

The lawyer

Gupta
18 What does the bangle-seller often do?
Itch his nose

Scratch his forearm

Rub his forehead

Touch the wrists of women
19 What is the perspective of the novel?
Second-person

Third-person

First-person

It varies
20 What is the genre of the novel?
Social realism

Historical fiction

Magical realism

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

Money

Colors

His parents
22 What made Raman want to paint signs?
The legacy of his father

His love of calligraphy

His desire to make money

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

Gupta's

The lawyer's

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

Family planning

Human rights

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

Beer

Tea

Milk

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