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Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Kanigel describe Ramanujan as a potential husband?
(a) Undesirable.
(b) Frightful.
(c) Appealing.
(d) Uninteresting.

2. What does Kanigel say about Ramanujan's marriage?
(a) There were omens of disaster.
(b) Both parties resisted it.
(c) It had all the ingredients for a lovely match.
(d) It was seen as fortuitous.

3. Where would Ramanujan's technique of solving math problems run into difficulty?
(a) With Pi.
(b) With multi-variable formulas.
(c) With very large or very small numbers.
(d) With irrational numbers.

4. What was Ramanujan's family's status?
(a) Wealthy.
(b) Not very rich.
(c) Impoverished.
(d) Poor.

5. Who was G. H. Hardy?
(a) The mathematician who helped Ramanujan.
(b) Ramanujan's father-in-law.
(c) Ramanujan's boss.
(d) Ramanujan's Colorado-author.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Ramanujan publish his first journal article?

2. What was Ramanujan's religion?

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

4. When did Ramanujan begin to speak?

5. What was the significance of Erode in Ramanujan's family?

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