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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Kanigel characterize Ramanujan's first paper?
(a) Immaculate.
(b) Exciting but incomplete.
(c) Detailed.
(d) Exquisite.

2. What other Indian thinker does Kanigel compare Ramanujan's experience with?
(a) Ghandi.
(b) Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar.
(c) Anant Raje.
(d) Muhammad Ali Jinnah.

3. What did Hardy and Neville nominate Ramanujan to become?
(a) A fellow at Trinity College.
(b) A teacher at King's College.
(c) A graduate student at Trinity.
(d) A dean at Oriel College.

4. How does Kanigel characterize Ramanujan's theorems and formulas?
(a) Universally recognizable.
(b) Almost incomprehensible.
(c) Immaculate.
(d) Odd by English standards.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Neville?

2. Who was G. H. Hardy?

3. What were Ramanujan and Hardy looking for in their work on partitions?

4. What was it that offended Ramanujan when he invited some friends to dinner?

5. When did Ramanujan write to Hardy?

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