The Painter of Signs Quizzes

The Painter of Signs Quiz 1

1 Who is the protagonist of the novel?
Gupta

Gaffar

Daisy

Raman
2 What is Raman's occupation?
Cab Driver

Bus Driver

Family Planning Campaigner

Sign Painter
3 Who does Raman live with?
His mother

His aunt

His father

His uncle
4 Where does Raman live?
Calcutta

Bombay

Malgudi

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

A surgeon

A bengal-seller

A lawyer
6 How does Raman feel about his work?
He doesn't think much about it

He takes great care with 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?
Stucco

Rhinestone

Smooth

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

Strictly Cash

Apple Pay Accepted

Credit Welcome
9 Where does Raman often eat lunch?
At his job

The Boardless Hotel

With Daisy at her house

With his aunt at their house
10 When was the novel published?
1962

1982

1976

1998
11 When did family planning initiatives in India begin?
1952

1982

1971

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

Lahiri

Plato

Gibbon
13 Who makes most of Raman's meals?
Gupta

Daisy

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

Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Michiko Kakutani

William Faulker
16 Why does the lawyer need his sign done at a specific time?
Because he lost his old sign

Because his business opens at a certain hour

Because his business is floundering

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

Daisy

The bangle-seller

Gupta
18 What does the bangle-seller often do?
Rub his forehead

Scratch his forearm

Touch the wrists of women

Itch his nose
19 What is the perspective of the novel?
Second-person

It varies

Third-person

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

Magical realism

Historical fiction

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

His parents

Visual art

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

The legacy of his father

A night class

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

Daisy's

Guffars

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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