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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Littlewood and Hardy see as mathematically important?
(a) Ramanujan's detailed proofs.
(b) Ramanujan's nested square roots.
(c) Ramanujan's use of irrational numbers.
(d) Ramanujan's infinite series.

2. Where did families NOT look for wives for their sons in India in Ramanujan's time?
(a) Extended family.
(b) Friends of the family.
(c) Prominent villagers.
(d) Neighbors.

3. For how long would Ramanujan's condition persist?
(a) A few months.
(b) A few weeks.
(c) The rest of his life.
(d) A few years.

4. What did Ramanujan contract from a mosquito-borne disease?
(a) A limp.
(b) Partial deafness.
(c) Fevers.
(d) Swelling in his scrotum.

5. What did parents see when they looked at Ramanujan as a prospective husband?
(a) A well-connected man.
(b) A genius.
(c) An unemployed man.
(d) A criminal.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Hardy try to arrange after receiving Ramanujan's letter?

2. What did Hardy and Neville nominate Ramanujan to become?

3. Where did Ramanujan publish his first journal article?

4. What was proved incorrect in Ramanujan's work from this time?

5. What does Kanigel say Ramanujan distrusted in English society?

(see the answer key)

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