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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Ramanujan die?
(a) 1923.
(b) 1939.
(c) 1920.
(d) 1947.

2. What does Kanigel say Ramanujan disliked as a child?
(a) Holidays.
(b) His family.
(c) Other children.
(d) Teachers.

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

4. Who developed an exact solution to the question of partitions?
(a) Hardy.
(b) Later mathematicians.
(c) Euler.
(d) Ramanujan.

5. What was Ramanujan's religion?
(a) Confucian.
(b) Hindu.
(c) Tamil.
(d) Muslim.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Ramanujan attend at Pachaiyappas College?

2. What was Hardy's experience of secondary education like, according to Kanigel?

3. What is the state of Ramanujan's work now?

4. Where did Hardy attend college?

5. How does Kanigel describe the skills Ramanujan got from 'A Synopsis of Elementary Results in Pure and Applied Mathematics'?

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