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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Ramanujan leave school?
(a) His family could not afford it without the scholarship.
(b) He got sick.
(c) He completed the coursework.
(d) He was expelled.

2. Where did Hardy get his secondary education?
(a) St. Alban's.
(b) Winchester.
(c) King's.
(d) Eton.

3. When did Ramanujan publish his first journal article?
(a) 1913.
(b) 1920.
(c) 1911.
(d) 1915.

4. What did parents see when they looked at Ramanujan as a prospective husband?
(a) An unemployed man.
(b) A criminal.
(c) A well-connected man.
(d) A genius.

5. When did Ramanujan win a scholarship for his math skills?
(a) After middle school.
(b) During high school.
(c) After college.
(d) After high school.

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

7. Where did Ramanujan eventually find work?
(a) He worked for his patron.
(b) The British Indian Civil Service.
(c) A high school.
(d) His college.

8. When would Ramanujan and his wife consummate their marriage?
(a) Never--they were pledged to be chaste.
(b) It would depend on Ramanujan's career.
(c) As soon as she was chosen.
(d) When she was older.

9. When does Kanigel say Ramanujan got hold of 'A Synopsis of Elementary Results in Pure and Applied Mathematics'?
(a) At 19.
(b) At 16.
(c) At 13.
(d) At 10.

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

11. What did Ramanujan need to do now that he was married?
(a) Contribute to his in-laws' income.
(b) Make money.
(c) Buy a house.
(d) Have children.

12. What distinguished Ramanujan's class?
(a) Learning and religion.
(b) Mercantilism.
(c) The trades.
(d) Hand work.

13. Why was Ramanujan late for his wedding?
(a) His parents had to argue him into getting married.
(b) He became sick.
(c) His train was held up.
(d) He ran away and had to be caught.

14. Why was Ramanujan's scholarship changed?
(a) Because of his womanizing.
(b) Because he neglected his studies aside from math.
(c) Because of his rowdy behavior.
(d) Because of his progress in all his fields.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the British term for what Americans call private high schools?

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

3. How does Kanigel describe Ramanujan's early temperament?

4. What does Kanigel say people appreciated about Hardy?

5. Where did Ramanujan go when he was 17?

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