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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Hardy attend college?
(a) Balliol.
(b) Trinity.
(c) Oriel.
(d) Linacre.

2. What does Kanigel say Ramanujan learned from an old book?
(a) Calculus.
(b) Algebra.
(c) Analytic trigonometry.
(d) The theory of relativity.

3. What is a nested square root?
(a) The framework of assumptions within which a series of square roots resolves to a negative number.
(b) A series of square roots of square roots.
(c) A series of square roots that resolve to prime numbers.
(d) An infinite series of square roots.

4. Where was Ramanujan born?
(a) Kumbakonam.
(b) Erode.
(c) Uttar Pradesh.
(d) Madras.

5. What was Ramanujan's college's nickname?
(a) Oxford of South India.
(b) Cambridge of South India.
(c) Harvard of South India.
(d) The Bollytechnicum.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Ramanujan born?

2. What makes 'A Synopsis of Elementary Results in Pure and Applied Mathematics' notable, according to Kanigel?

3. Where would Ramanujan's technique of solving math problems run into difficulty?

4. Who is Namagiri?

5. What did Ramanujan use as evidence of his credentials in interviews?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Shiva the god of?

2. What practices did Ramanujan follow as a result of his religion?

3. What was the Bloomsbury Group?

4. What happened after Ramanujan left Pachaiyappas College?

5. How was it that Ramanujan would solve math problems without seeing the logic that dictated the development and solutions to problems?

6. How did Hardy explain the value of math to his family?

7. Describe Ramanujan's wedding ceremony.

8. How did Ramanujan distinguish himself as a math student?

9. Describe the importance of 'A Synopsis of Elementary Results in Pure and Applied Mathematics' in Ramanujan's life.

10. Who were the Apostles?

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