The Painter of Signs Quizzes

The Painter of Signs Quiz 1

1 Who is the protagonist of the novel?

Daisy

Gaffar

Gupta

Raman
2 What is Raman's occupation?

Bus Driver

Family Planning Campaigner

Sign Painter

Cab Driver
3 Who does Raman live with?

His father

His uncle

His mother

His aunt
4 Where does Raman live?

Malgudi

Bombay

Calcutta

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

A surgeon

A bengal-seller

A lawyer

A professor
6 How does Raman feel about his work?

He thinks its an easy way to make money

He hates it

He takes great care with it

He doesn't think much about 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?

Apple Pay Accepted

Credit Welcome

Strictly Cash

Cash Only
9 Where does Raman often eat lunch?

The Boardless Hotel

With Daisy at her house

With his aunt at their house

At his job
10 When was the novel published?

1998

1976

1982

1962
11 When did family planning initiatives in India begin?

1952

1982

1967

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

Dickens

Plato

Gibbon

Lahiri
13 Who makes most of Raman's meals?

His aunt

Gupta

He does it himself

Daisy
14 When does the novel take place?

The early 2000s

The 1980s

The indeterminant future

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

Michiko Kakutani

William Faulker

Anthony Thwaite

Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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 his business opens at a certain hour

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

The lawyer

Daisy

Gupta

The bangle-seller
18 What does the bangle-seller often do?

Itch his nose

Rub his forehead

Touch the wrists of women

Scratch his forearm
19 What is the perspective of the novel?

Third-person

Second-person

It varies

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

High fantasy

Magical realism

Historical fiction

Social realism
21 What does Raman often find himself thinking about?

Colors

His parents

Money

Visual art
22 What made Raman want to paint signs?

His desire to make money

The legacy of his father

A night class

His love of calligraphy
23 Whose house does Raman work up the nerve to stop by?

Gupta's

The lawyer's

Daisy's

Guffars
24 What cause does Daisy advocate for?

Family planning

Tax reform

Environmentalism

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

Coffee

Milk

Tea

Beer

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