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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. How does Kanigel describe the skills Ramanujan got from 'A Synopsis of Elementary Results in Pure and Applied Mathematics'?
(a) Flawed.
(b) Incorrect.
(c) Impeccable.
(d) Unorthodox.
2. What was the effect of Ramanujan's childhood smallpox?
(a) Partial deafness.
(b) A limp.
(c) Spinal deformity.
(d) Pockmarks.
3. How does Kanigel characterize Ramanujan's first paper?
(a) Detailed.
(b) Exciting but incomplete.
(c) Exquisite.
(d) Immaculate.
4. What did Hardy dislike about his secondary education?
(a) Emphasis on grades.
(b) Competitiveness.
(c) Cricket.
(d) Rigid discipline.
5. When did Ramanujan publish his first journal article?
(a) 1913.
(b) 1911.
(c) 1920.
(d) 1915.
Short Answer Questions
1. Where did families NOT look for wives for their sons in India in Ramanujan's time?
2. How does Kanigel describe life in Ramanujan's hometown?
3. Where had the author of 'A Synopsis of Elementary Results in Pure and Applied Mathematics' taught?
4. What did Ramanujan need to do now that he was married?
5. How does Kanigel describe education at Hardy's college?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is Shiva the god of?
2. What gods did Ramanujan's family worship?
3. What was Hardy's experience at Trinity College, Cambridge?
4. What was the Bloomsbury Group?
5. What happened after Ramanujan left Kumbakonam's Government College?
6. What does 'A Synopsis of Elementary Results in Pure and Applied Mathematics' consist of?
7. How did Ramanujan's interest change as he grew up?
8. Describe the importance of 'A Synopsis of Elementary Results in Pure and Applied Mathematics' in Ramanujan's life.
9. How did Ramanujan go about looking for work?
10. What problems in Ramanujan's thinking came from his use of 'A Synopsis of Elementary Results in Pure and Applied Mathematics'?
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