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Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Kanigel characterize Ramanujan's first paper?
(a) Exquisite.
(b) Exciting but incomplete.
(c) Detailed.
(d) Immaculate.

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

3. How does Kanigel describe the seriousness of Ramanujan's condition?
(a) Not life-threatening but uncomfortable.
(b) Life-threatening.
(c) Crippling.
(d) Debilitating.

4. How old was the wife Ramanujan's parents found?
(a) 11.
(b) 9.
(c) 13.
(d) 15.

5. What were Ramanujan's parents getting impatient with?
(a) Ramanujan's sloth.
(b) Ramanujan's scribbling in notebooks.
(c) Ramanujan's insubordination.
(d) Ramanujan's failure to win prizes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Ramanujan's parents find a wife for him?

2. How does Kanigel characterize Ramanujan's tutoring?

3. Why was Ramanujan's scholarship changed?

4. Why was Ramanujan late for his wedding?

5. What is 'A Synopsis of Elementary Results in Pure and Applied Mathematics' composed of?

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