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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Kanigel describe Hardy?
(a) As a laborer.
(b) As a technical worker.
(c) As a Brahmin.
(d) As a teacher.

2. What makes 'A Synopsis of Elementary Results in Pure and Applied Mathematics' notable, according to Kanigel?
(a) The problems do not have solutions.
(b) The dissertation does not have a conclusion.
(c) There is no explanation to the problems.
(d) The theorems do not have examples.

3. What does Kanigel say people appreciated about Hardy?
(a) His long lineage.
(b) His irreverent sense of humor.
(c) His wealth and taste.
(d) His youthful beauty.

4. For how long would Ramanujan's condition persist?
(a) The rest of his life.
(b) A few months.
(c) A few years.
(d) A few weeks.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the effect of Ramanujan's childhood smallpox?

2. Where did graduates from Hardy's secondary school typically go to college?

3. What did Ramanujan contract from a mosquito-borne disease?

4. Which god was Ramanujan's family devoted to?

5. Where did families NOT look for wives for their sons in India in Ramanujan's time?

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