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The Man Who Knew Infinity: A Life of the Genius, Ramanujan Quiz

Robert Kanigel
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1)

What did Ramanujan do while he waited for his wife? (from The Search for Patrons)

Live with his parents.
Travel South India.
Take a job in Madras.
Travel through Asia.
2)

Where does Kanigel say Hardy traveled in his later years? (from Epilogue)

America.
Russia.
Japan.
India.
3)

What was G. H. Hardy's status in Britain? (from Hardy)

Dean of Cambridge.
Head of a secret society in London.
Religious leader.
Preeminent mathematician.
4)

How does Kanigel characterize Ramanujan's first paper? (from The Search for Patrons)

Detailed.
Exquisite.
Immaculate.
Exciting but incomplete.
5)

What was Hardy's experience of secondary education like, according to Kanigel? (from Hardy)

He hated it.
It transformed him into an upstanding citizen.
He passed through without distinction.
He loved it.
6)

What did Hardy decide after conferring with John Littlewood? (from I Beg to Introduce Myself)

That Ramanujan was a small thinker.
That Ramanujan was unstable.
That Ramanujan was a genius.
That Ramanujan was dangerous.
7)

What position did Hardy take up after the position he left Cambridge for? (from Epilogue)

A comfortable fellowship at New College.
The most exalted position in British mathematics.
A lowly teaching position.
A lectureship in India.
8)

How does Kanigel describe Hardy's suicide attempt? (from Epilogue)

He succeeded in killing himself.
A failure.
He died only later, painfully, after complications.
He did not follow through.
9)

How does Kanigel characterize Ramanujan's theorems and formulas? (from I Beg to Introduce Myself)

Almost incomprehensible.
Odd by English standards.
Universally recognizable.
Immaculate.
10)

What does Kanigel say people appreciated about Hardy? (from Hardy)

His long lineage.
His irreverent sense of humor.
His youthful beauty.
His wealth and taste.
11)

How does Kanigel describe Ramanujan's dress? (from The English Chill)

Traditional Indian dress.
A unique brand of slovenliness all his own.
A hybrid of Indian and English.
English dress.
12)

What was proved incorrect in Ramanujan's work from this time? (from I Beg to Introduce Myself)

His theorems.
His proofs.
His conclusions.
His assumptions.
13)

Where did Hardy get his secondary education? (from Hardy)

King's.
Eton.
St. Alban's.
Winchester.
14)

What was the doctor's diagnosis of Ramanujan's illness? (from In Somewhat Indifferent Health)

Tuberculosis.
Heart disease.
Cancer.
Depression.
15)

Where did Ramanujan eventually find work? (from The Search for Patrons)

His college.
A high school.
He worked for his patron.
The British Indian Civil Service.
16)

What was the result of Ramanujan clinging to his cultural practices? (from The English Chill)

He taught English students how to cook Indian dishes.
He brought Indian culture to English intellectuals.
He remained an outsider.
He generated fear and hostility in those around him.
17)

With whom did Ramanujan eventually begin to develop a real relationship, according to Kanigel? (from In Somewhat Indifferent Health)

His in-laws.
His wife.
His patron.
His old friends.
18)

How does Kanigel describe Ramanujan as a mathematical thinker? (from Ramanujan's Spring)

Formalist.
Classicist.
Radical.
Constructivist.
19)

What stance had Hardy taken during the war? (from Epilogue)

Opposition.
Pacificism.
Radicalism.
Aggression.
20)

When did Hardy have a heart attack? (from Epilogue)

1939.
1928.
1947.
1931.
21)

How does Kanigel describe John Littlewood? (from I Beg to Introduce Myself)

A consultant.
A bureaucrat.
A math prodigy.
A therapist.
22)

What does Kanigel say was Ramanujan's greatest talent? (from Ramanujan's Spring)

His intuition.
His perception.
His calculations.
His associative abilities.
23)

How does Kanigel describe Ramanujan's relationship with his wife? (from I Beg to Introduce Myself)

Friendly.
Hostile.
Intimate.
Almost non-existent.
24)

What was it that offended Ramanujan when he invited some friends to dinner? (from The English Chill)

The men used salt.
The women declined a third helping.
The friends wanted to use silverware.
The friends criticized his cooking.
25)

Where did Ramanujan publish his first journal article? (from The Search for Patrons)

An Indian mathematics journal.
An American mathematics journal.
An Italian mathematics journal.
An English mathematics journal.
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