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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Ramanujan and Hardy develop for working with partitions?
(a) A precise method for determining partitions for prime numbers.
(b) A refinement of Euler's suggestion.
(c) The circle method.
(d) Nested square roots.

2. How long after the wedding would it take before Janaki joined Ramanujan?
(a) Three years.
(b) Five years.
(c) Seven years.
(d) Nine years.

3. What did Ramanujan use as evidence of his credentials in interviews?
(a) His resume.
(b) Falsified diplomas.
(c) His math notebooks.
(d) His letters of reference.

4. What interrupted Ramanujan's wedding?
(a) Objections from the girl's family.
(b) Drunken relatives.
(c) A fight.
(d) A deranged woman.

5. Based on his letter, what was Hardy trying to determine about Ramanujan?
(a) How he had devised his theories.
(b) Whether he was a crank.
(c) Who his teachers had been.
(d) Where he was from.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was G. H. Hardy?

2. When did Ramanujan write to Hardy?

3. How old was the wife Ramanujan's parents found?

4. What was proved correct in Ramanujan's work from this time?

5. How does Kanigel describe John Littlewood?

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