The Painter of Signs Quizzes

The Painter of Signs Quiz 1

1 Who is the protagonist of the novel?
Raman

Gupta

Daisy

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

Cab Driver

Bus Driver

Sign Painter
3 Who does Raman live with?
His mother

His aunt

His father

His uncle
4 Where does Raman live?
Dhaka

Bombay

Calcutta

Malgudi
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 hates it

He takes great care with 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?
Rhinestone

Stucco

Smooth

Sandpaper
8 What does the sign that Raman painted for the bangle-seller say?
Credit Welcome

Apple Pay Accepted

Strictly Cash

Cash Only
9 Where does Raman often eat lunch?
With his aunt at their house

At his job

With Daisy at her house

The Boardless Hotel
10 When was the novel published?
1962

1982

1998

1976
11 When did family planning initiatives in India begin?
1952

1982

1967

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

Gibbon

Dickens

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 1980s

The indeterminant future

The early 2000s

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

Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Michiko Kakutani

William Faulker
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 he lost his old sign

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

The bangle-seller

The lawyer

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

Itch his nose

Rub his forehead

Scratch his forearm
19 What is the perspective of the novel?
Third-person

It varies

First-person

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

High fantasy

Historical fiction

Magical realism
21 What does Raman often find himself thinking about?
Colors

His parents

Money

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

His love of calligraphy

His desire to make money

The legacy of his father
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

Family planning

Environmentalism

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

Milk

Coffee

Beer

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