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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through I Beg to Introduce Myself.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who gave Ramanujan money to study in Madras?
(a) A relative.
(b) His in-laws.
(c) His parents.
(d) A patron.

2. When was Ramanujan born?
(a) 1890.
(b) 1887.
(c) 1877.
(d) 1892.

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

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

5. When did Ramanujan publish his first journal article?
(a) 1920.
(b) 1915.
(c) 1913.
(d) 1911.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Kanigel characterize Ramanujan's theorems and formulas?

2. Based on his letter, what was Hardy trying to determine about Ramanujan?

3. How long after the wedding would it take before Janaki joined Ramanujan?

4. What did Ramanujan attend at Pachaiyappas College?

5. What did Hardy and his friends arrange for Ramanujan?

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