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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. Where did Ramanujan publish his first journal article?
(a) An Indian mathematics journal.
(b) An Italian mathematics journal.
(c) An English mathematics journal.
(d) An American mathematics journal.

2. What did Ramanujan's Master Theorem attempt to do?
(a) Formulate number theory.
(b) Integrate finite integrals.
(c) Solve Fermat's Last Theorem.
(d) Reduce infinite series to prime numbers.

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

4. How does Kanigel describe Hardy?
(a) As a laborer.
(b) As a technical worker.
(c) As a teacher.
(d) As a Brahmin.

5. When did Ramanujan publish his first journal article?
(a) 1920.
(b) 1911.
(c) 1915.
(d) 1913.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Ramanujan attend at Pachaiyappas College?

2. What did Ramanujan do while he waited for his wife?

3. How does Kanigel describe John Littlewood?

4. What does Kanigel say Ramanujan learned from an old book?

5. What were Ramanujan's parents getting impatient with?

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