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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 Hardy and his friends arrange for Ramanujan?
(a) A bureaucratic appointment.
(b) A sinecure.
(c) A teaching position.
(d) A research position.

2. What obstacle stood in the way of Hardy's plan?
(a) Ramanujan's inability to get a passport.
(b) Ramanujan's resistance to sea travel.
(c) Ramanujan's intractability.
(d) Ramanujan's poverty.

3. What did Hardy try to arrange after receiving Ramanujan's letter?
(a) A scholarship for Ramanujan in India.
(b) A meeting with Ramanujan.
(c) A teaching position for Ramanujan.
(d) Ramanujan's passage to England.

4. What did Ramanujan contract from a mosquito-borne disease?
(a) Fevers.
(b) Swelling in his scrotum.
(c) Partial deafness.
(d) A limp.

5. Where did Hardy attend college?
(a) Oriel.
(b) Balliol.
(c) Trinity.
(d) Linacre.

Short Answer Questions

1. What class was Ramanujan raised in?

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

3. What does Kanigel say people appreciated about Hardy?

4. Who gave Ramanujan money to study in Madras?

5. What did parents see when they looked at Ramanujan as a prospective husband?

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