The Painter of Signs Quizzes

The Painter of Signs Quiz 1

1 Who is the protagonist of the novel?

Raman

Gupta

Gaffar

Daisy
2 What is Raman's occupation?

Bus Driver

Cab Driver

Sign Painter

Family Planning Campaigner
3 Who does Raman live with?

His father

His aunt

His mother

His uncle
4 Where does Raman live?

Calcutta

Bombay

Malgudi

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

A lawyer

A professor

A bengal-seller

A surgeon
6 How does Raman feel about his work?

He doesn't think much about it

He hates it

He thinks its an easy way to make money

He takes great care with 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?

Strictly Cash

Cash Only

Credit Welcome

Apple Pay Accepted
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?

1998

1962

1976

1982
11 When did family planning initiatives in India begin?

1952

1982

1971

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

Dickens

Gibbon

Lahiri

Plato
13 Who makes most of Raman's meals?

Gupta

He does it himself

His aunt

Daisy
14 When does the novel take place?

The 1970s

The indeterminant future

The early 2000s

The 1980s
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 opens at a certain hour

Because his business is floundering

Because he lost his old sign
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?

Third-person

Second-person

First-person

It varies
20 What is the genre of the novel?

High fantasy

Social realism

Magical realism

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

Visual art

His parents

Money

Colors
22 What made Raman want to paint signs?

His desire to make money

The legacy of his father

His love of calligraphy

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

Daisy's

Gupta's

The lawyer's

Guffars
24 What cause does Daisy advocate for?

Human rights

Environmentalism

Family planning

Tax reform
25 What does Daisy serve Raman at her home?

Tea

Beer

Milk

Coffee

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