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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 say Ramanujan would solve math problems?
(a) By turning values into variables.
(b) He would intuit the solution.
(c) By solving one part at a time.
(d) By adding numbers to formulas.
2. What energy does Kanigel say Ramanujan redirected into mathematics?
(a) Troublemaking.
(b) Political restlessness.
(c) Sexual desire.
(d) Religious devotion.
3. Where was Ramanujan born?
(a) Madras.
(b) Uttar Pradesh.
(c) Kumbakonam.
(d) Erode.
4. When did the Tripos take place?
(a) After a student's first year.
(b) After a student's third year.
(c) After a student's second year.
(d) After a student's last year.
5. What language did Ramanujan speak?
(a) Tamil.
(b) Bengali.
(c) Hindi.
(d) English.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who was Komalatammal?
2. What was Hardy's experience of secondary education like, according to Kanigel?
3. What was Ramanujan like in school?
4. Where did Hardy get his secondary education?
5. Where did Ramanujan's parents find a wife for him?
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