The Painter of Signs Quizzes

The Painter of Signs Quiz 1

1 Who is the protagonist of the novel?
Daisy

Raman

Gaffar

Gupta
2 What is Raman's occupation?
Family Planning Campaigner

Sign Painter

Bus Driver

Cab Driver
3 Who does Raman live with?
His aunt

His mother

His uncle

His father
4 Where does Raman live?
Malgudi

Calcutta

Bombay

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

A professor

A surgeon

A bengal-seller
6 How does Raman feel about his work?
He takes great care with it

He doesn't think much about it

He thinks its an easy way to make money

He hates it
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

Credit Welcome

Strictly Cash

Apple Pay Accepted
9 Where does Raman often eat lunch?
With his aunt at their house

The Boardless Hotel

At his job

With Daisy at her house
10 When was the novel published?
1998

1962

1976

1982
11 When did family planning initiatives in India begin?
1967

1971

1952

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

Gibbon

Dickens

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

Gupta

He does it himself

His aunt
14 When does the novel take place?
The early 2000s

The indeterminant future

The 1980s

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

Michiko Kakutani

William Faulker

Gabriel Garcia Marquez
16 Why does the lawyer need his sign done at a specific time?
Because he lost his old sign

Because his business is floundering

Because his business opens at a certain hour

Because his astrologer told him it was important
17 Who does not pay Raman for his services?
The bangle-seller

Gupta

The lawyer

Daisy
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?
Second-person

Third-person

It varies

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

Social realism

High fantasy

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

His parents

Colors

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

His desire to make money

His love of calligraphy

The legacy of his father
23 Whose house does Raman work up the nerve to stop by?
Gupta's

Daisy's

The lawyer's

Guffars
24 What cause does Daisy advocate for?
Tax reform

Family planning

Environmentalism

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

Milk

Beer

Tea

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