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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2 Ranging with Delight.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Ramanujan begin to speak?
(a) One year.
(b) Two years.
(c) Three years.
(d) Eighteen months.

2. What does Kanigel say 'A Synopsis of Elementary Results in Pure and Applied Mathematics' is lacking?
(a) Formulas.
(b) Proofs.
(c) Translations.
(d) An answer key.

3. Who wrote 'A Synopsis of Elementary Results in Pure and Applied Mathematics'?
(a) William George Horner.
(b) Enrico Betti.
(c) Frank Nelson Cole.
(d) George Carr.

4. What is 'A Synopsis of Elementary Results in Pure and Applied Mathematics' composed of?
(a) Math problems.
(b) A doctoral dissertation.
(c) Tutoring notes.
(d) A lifetime's work.

5. What class was Ramanujan raised in?
(a) Pancha-Dravida Brahmin.
(b) Pancha-Gauda Brahmin.
(c) Maharashtra Brahmin.
(d) Shaivite Brahmin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Ramanujan like in school?

2. What energy does Kanigel say Ramanujan redirected into mathematics?

3. When does Kanigel say Ramanujan got hold of 'A Synopsis of Elementary Results in Pure and Applied Mathematics'?

4. Where did Ramanujan go when he was 17?

5. What does Kanigel say Ramanujan learned from an old book?

(see the answer key)

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