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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The English Chill.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Ramanujan's parents find a wife for him?
(a) Madras.
(b) An orphanage.
(c) A nearby village.
(d) Uttar Pradesh.

2. What did Ramanujan say he was willing to do in order to come to England?
(a) Work for Hardy.
(b) Be cast out of his Brahmin class.
(c) Borrow money.
(d) Abandon his wife.

3. What did Hardy and his friends arrange for Ramanujan?
(a) A sinecure.
(b) A teaching position.
(c) A bureaucratic appointment.
(d) A research position.

4. How does Kanigel describe Ramanujan's relationship with his wife?
(a) Almost non-existent.
(b) Friendly.
(c) Intimate.
(d) Hostile.

5. When did Ramanujan write to Hardy?
(a) 1916.
(b) 1909.
(c) 1913.
(d) 1920.

Short Answer Questions

1. What aspect of the English does Kanigel say affected Ramanujan?

2. In his letter to Hardy, what did Ramanujan say he had discovered?

3. What are partitions in math?

4. Who was G. H. Hardy?

5. What does Kanigel say about Ramanujan's marriage?

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