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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 did Ramanujan's parents do in response to their impatience?
(a) Buy him a bureaucratic appointment.
(b) Apprentice him to a designer.
(c) Marry him off.
(d) Send him to school.

2. What contributed to Ramanujan's status as a potential husband?
(a) He was monomaniacally interested in math.
(b) He was wealthy.
(c) He was fat.
(d) He was handsome.

3. When did the Tripos take place?
(a) After a student's last year.
(b) After a student's first year.
(c) After a student's third year.
(d) After a student's second year.

4. What was the effect of Ramanujan's childhood smallpox?
(a) A limp.
(b) Pockmarks.
(c) Partial deafness.
(d) Spinal deformity.

5. What does Kanigel say Ramanujan learned from an old book?
(a) Calculus.
(b) Algebra.
(c) Analytic trigonometry.
(d) The theory of relativity.

Short Answer Questions

1. For how long would Ramanujan's condition persist?

2. When was Ramanujan born?

3. Where did graduates from Hardy's secondary school typically go to college?

4. What did Ramanujan use as evidence of his credentials in interviews?

5. Which god was Ramanujan's family devoted to?

(see the answer key)

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