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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The English Chill.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Kanigel characterize Ramanujan's first paper?
(a) Exquisite.
(b) Detailed.
(c) Exciting but incomplete.
(d) Immaculate.

2. What did Ramanujan's Master Theorem attempt to do?
(a) Solve Fermat's Last Theorem.
(b) Reduce infinite series to prime numbers.
(c) Formulate number theory.
(d) Integrate finite integrals.

3. How does Kanigel describe the seriousness of Ramanujan's condition?
(a) Debilitating.
(b) Life-threatening.
(c) Not life-threatening but uncomfortable.
(d) Crippling.

4. When would Ramanujan and his wife consummate their marriage?
(a) Never--they were pledged to be chaste.
(b) It would depend on Ramanujan's career.
(c) When she was older.
(d) As soon as she was chosen.

5. What did Ramanujan use as evidence of his credentials in interviews?
(a) His letters of reference.
(b) His math notebooks.
(c) Falsified diplomas.
(d) His resume.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Ramanujan see himself socially, according to Kanigel?

2. What was Euler's contribution to understanding partitions?

3. What did Ramanujan need to do now that he was married?

4. What other Indian thinker does Kanigel compare Ramanujan's experience with?

5. What was proved correct in Ramanujan's work from this time?

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