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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through I Beg to Introduce Myself.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was G. H. Hardy's status in Britain?
(a) Preeminent mathematician.
(b) Dean of Cambridge.
(c) Head of a secret society in London.
(d) Religious leader.

2. In his letter to Hardy, what was the importance of the thing Ramanujan claimed to have discovered?
(a) It was already common knowledge.
(b) No one under thirty had even tried it.
(c) It had been a mystery for years.
(d) It was just being discovered simultaneously at other math departments.

3. What were Ramanujan's parents getting impatient with?
(a) Ramanujan's scribbling in notebooks.
(b) Ramanujan's sloth.
(c) Ramanujan's insubordination.
(d) Ramanujan's failure to win prizes.

4. How does Kanigel describe education at Hardy's college?
(a) Students took a ferocious load of classes.
(b) Students worked with tutors instead of taking classes.
(c) Students worked together to make presentations to tutors.
(d) Students followed their own inclination in study.

5. Who were the Senior Wranglers?
(a) Students who struggled.
(b) Academic celebrities.
(c) Students who played rugby or soccer/football.
(d) Students whose parents could not afford school on their own.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are the Apostles?

2. Where had the author of 'A Synopsis of Elementary Results in Pure and Applied Mathematics' taught?

3. Where did Hardy attend college?

4. When was Ramanujan born?

5. What was uncommon about Ramanujan's physique?

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