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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. Why was Ramanujan's scholarship changed?
(a) Because of his womanizing.
(b) Because of his rowdy behavior.
(c) Because he neglected his studies aside from math.
(d) Because of his progress in all his fields.

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

3. What did Hardy and Neville nominate Ramanujan to become?
(a) A graduate student at Trinity.
(b) A dean at Oriel College.
(c) A fellow at Trinity College.
(d) A teacher at King's College.

4. Why did Ramanujan leave school?
(a) He completed the coursework.
(b) He was expelled.
(c) His family could not afford it without the scholarship.
(d) He got sick.

5. How was Ramanujan treated on his return?
(a) As an exile.
(b) As an outcast.
(c) As a celebrity.
(d) As an untouchable.

Short Answer Questions

1. What value did Ramanujan work with at Cambridge?

2. How does Kanigel describe Hardy?

3. How does Kanigel describe the seriousness of Ramanujan's condition?

4. With whom did Ramanujan eventually begin to develop a real relationship, according to Kanigel?

5. What does Kanigel say was Ramanujan's greatest talent?

(see the answer key)

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