The Painter of Signs Quizzes

The Painter of Signs Quiz 1

1 Who is the protagonist of the novel?
Raman

Gaffar

Daisy

Gupta
2 What is Raman's occupation?
Bus Driver

Sign Painter

Cab Driver

Family Planning Campaigner
3 Who does Raman live with?
His father

His aunt

His uncle

His mother
4 Where does Raman live?
Bombay

Dhaka

Calcutta

Malgudi
5 Who criticizes Raman's choice of letter texture?
A bengal-seller

A lawyer

A surgeon

A professor
6 How does Raman feel about his work?
He thinks its an easy way to make money

He takes great care with it

He doesn't think much about it

He hates it
7 What texture does Raman give the sign he paints for a lawyer?
Sandpaper

Stucco

Rhinestone

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

Credit Welcome

Apple Pay Accepted

Strictly Cash
9 Where does Raman often eat lunch?
The Boardless Hotel

With Daisy at her house

At his job

With his aunt at their house
10 When was the novel published?
1976

1962

1982

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

1952

1982

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

Lahiri

Plato

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

Daisy

Gupta

His aunt
14 When does the novel take place?
The 1970s

The 1980s

The early 2000s

The indeterminant future
15 Who reviewed the novel for the New York Times?
William Faulker

Anthony Thwaite

Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Michiko Kakutani
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 lawyer

The bangle-seller

Daisy

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?
Third-person

Second-person

It varies

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

Magical realism

Social realism

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

Colors

Money

His parents
22 What made Raman want to paint signs?
A night class

His desire to make money

The legacy of his father

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

Daisy's

Gupta's

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

Tax reform

Family planning

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

Tea

Beer

Coffee

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