The Painter of Signs Quizzes

The Painter of Signs Quiz 1

1 Who is the protagonist of the novel?
Gupta

Daisy

Gaffar

Raman
2 What is Raman's occupation?
Sign Painter

Family Planning Campaigner

Cab Driver

Bus Driver
3 Who does Raman live with?
His father

His mother

His aunt

His uncle
4 Where does Raman live?
Calcutta

Bombay

Dhaka

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

A surgeon

A bengal-seller

A professor
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?
Sandpaper

Rhinestone

Stucco

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

Apple Pay Accepted

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?
1982

1952

1971

1967
12 Which of the following authors does Raman NOT read?
Plato

Lahiri

Gibbon

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

Gupta

His aunt

He does it himself
14 When does the novel take place?
The 1980s

The early 2000s

The indeterminant future

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

William Faulker

Anthony Thwaite

Michiko Kakutani
16 Why does the lawyer need his sign done at a specific time?
Because his business opens at a certain hour

Because he lost his old sign

Because his astrologer told him it was important

Because his business is floundering
17 Who does not pay Raman for his services?
The lawyer

The bangle-seller

Gupta

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

Rub his forehead

Itch his nose

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

Third-person

Second-person

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

High fantasy

Magical realism

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

Visual art

Colors

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

A night class

The legacy of his father

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

Guffars

Gupta's

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

Environmentalism

Human rights

Family planning
25 What does Daisy serve Raman at her home?
Beer

Milk

Tea

Coffee

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