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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through In Somewhat Indifferent Health.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Kanigel describe Ramanujan's relationship with his wife?
(a) Friendly.
(b) Intimate.
(c) Hostile.
(d) Almost non-existent.

2. Who met Ramanujan in England?
(a) Hardy.
(b) John Littlewood.
(c) Neville.
(d) Euler.

3. What were Ramanujan and Hardy looking for in their work on partitions?
(a) A theorem that demonstrated how partitions operate in series.
(b) A way to bridge partitions.
(c) A point at which partitions broke down for prime numbers.
(d) A way to define the number of partitions precisely.

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

5. Why did Hardy need to excel on the entrance exams for secondary education?
(a) Testing was the sole criterion for admission.
(b) His family could not afford the best schools.
(c) He would have low status at school if his test scores were low.
(d) Admissions were extremely competitive.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who learned of Ramanujan's arrival by the newspapers?

2. What does Kanigel say 'A Synopsis of Elementary Results in Pure and Applied Mathematics' is lacking?

3. What is a nested square root?

4. How long did the trip from India to England take?

5. Why was Ramanujan late for his wedding?

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