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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through In Somewhat Indifferent Health.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Kanigel describe Ramanujan's relationship with his wife?
(a) Friendly.
(b) Almost non-existent.
(c) Intimate.
(d) Hostile.

2. Who comprised the Apostles?
(a) Mathematicians.
(b) Undergrads.
(c) Religious leaders.
(d) Practicing artists.

3. What did Hardy dislike about his secondary education?
(a) Rigid discipline.
(b) Cricket.
(c) Competitiveness.
(d) Emphasis on grades.

4. What does Kanigel say prevented Ramanujan from getting the care he needed?
(a) The fight between his wife and mother.
(b) His distance from the cultural centers.
(c) The Great War.
(d) His family's poverty.

5. With whom did Ramanujan eventually begin to develop a real relationship, according to Kanigel?
(a) His patron.
(b) His old friends.
(c) His in-laws.
(d) His wife.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did NOT contribute to Ramanujan's discomfort during the sea voyage to England?

2. What does Kanigel say people appreciated about Hardy?

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

4. In his letter to Hardy, what did Ramanujan say he had discovered?

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

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