The Painter of Signs Quizzes

The Painter of Signs Quiz 1

1 Who is the protagonist of the novel?

Raman

Daisy

Gupta

Gaffar
2 What is Raman's occupation?

Sign Painter

Bus Driver

Cab Driver

Family Planning Campaigner
3 Who does Raman live with?

His aunt

His uncle

His mother

His father
4 Where does Raman live?

Calcutta

Dhaka

Bombay

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

A professor

A lawyer

A surgeon

A bengal-seller
6 How does Raman feel about his work?

He doesn't think much about it

He takes great care with it

He hates it

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

Rhinestone

Stucco

Smooth

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

Apple Pay Accepted

Cash Only

Strictly Cash

Credit Welcome
9 Where does Raman often eat lunch?

With Daisy at her house

At his job

With his aunt at their house

The Boardless Hotel
10 When was the novel published?

1976

1998

1982

1962
11 When did family planning initiatives in India begin?

1952

1971

1967

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

Plato

Gibbon

Dickens

Lahiri
13 Who makes most of Raman's meals?

Daisy

His aunt

Gupta

He does it himself
14 When does the novel take place?

The indeterminant future

The 1980s

The early 2000s

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

Anthony Thwaite

Michiko Kakutani

Gabriel Garcia Marquez

William Faulker
16 Why does the lawyer need his sign done at a specific time?

Because he lost his old sign

Because his business opens at a certain hour

Because his astrologer told him it was important

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

Touch the wrists of women

Rub his forehead

Itch his nose
19 What is the perspective of the novel?

Second-person

It varies

Third-person

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

Magical realism

Social realism

Historical fiction

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

Money

Colors

His parents

Visual art
22 What made Raman want to paint signs?

A night class

His love of calligraphy

The legacy of his father

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

Guffars

The lawyer's

Daisy's

Gupta's
24 What cause does Daisy advocate for?

Family planning

Human rights

Tax reform

Environmentalism
25 What does Daisy serve Raman at her home?

Beer

Milk

Tea

Coffee

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