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

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

3. Who was G. H. Hardy?
(a) Ramanujan's father-in-law.
(b) Ramanujan's boss.
(c) Ramanujan's Colorado-author.
(d) The mathematician who helped Ramanujan.

4. What were Ramanujan and Hardy looking for in their work on partitions?
(a) A way to bridge partitions.
(b) A theorem that demonstrated how partitions operate in series.
(c) A way to define the number of partitions precisely.
(d) A point at which partitions broke down for prime numbers.

5. What aspect of the English does Kanigel say affected Ramanujan?
(a) Intellectual rigor.
(b) Affected coldness.
(c) Chauvinism.
(d) Nationalism.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Kanigel describe the seriousness of Ramanujan's condition?

2. How does Kanigel characterize Ramanujan's theorems and formulas?

3. What did parents see when they looked at Ramanujan as a prospective husband?

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

5. Where did Ramanujan's parents find a wife for him?

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