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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was Neville?
(a) Ramanujan's Tutor.
(b) Hardy's ambassador to Ramanujan.
(c) The dean at the university where Ramanujan was doing his research.
(d) Ramanujan's ambassador to Hardy.

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

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

4. Who developed an exact solution to the question of partitions?
(a) Ramanujan.
(b) Euler.
(c) Later mathematicians.
(d) Hardy.

5. What did Ramanujan do while he waited for his wife?
(a) Live with his parents.
(b) Travel through Asia.
(c) Take a job in Madras.
(d) Travel South India.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Ramanujan's Master Theorem attempt to do?

2. How does Kanigel describe English society from Ramanujan's point-of-view?

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

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

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

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