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

2. What cultural practice did Ramanujan insist on, in Kanigel's account?
(a) Vegetarianism.
(b) Animal sacrifice.
(c) Visiting Hindu shrines.
(d) Daily prayers.

3. How did Ramanujan respond to Hardy's request for proofs?
(a) He would send them if Hardy would help him financially.
(b) He sent them immediately.
(c) He dragged his feet about sending them.
(d) He said he could not produce them.

4. What did Hardy decide after conferring with John Littlewood?
(a) That Ramanujan was unstable.
(b) That Ramanujan was a genius.
(c) That Ramanujan was a small thinker.
(d) That Ramanujan was dangerous.

5. How does Kanigel describe the seriousness of Ramanujan's condition?
(a) Life-threatening.
(b) Debilitating.
(c) Not life-threatening but uncomfortable.
(d) Crippling.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Ramanujan need to do now that he was married?

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

3. What obstacle stood in the way of Hardy's plan?

4. Why was Ramanujan late for his wedding?

5. What did Hardy and his friends arrange for Ramanujan?

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