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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 did Ramanujan spend all his time on returning to India?
(a) On math.
(b) At the school where he taught.
(c) With his parents.
(d) With his wife.

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

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

4. With whom did Ramanujan eventually begin to develop a real relationship, according to Kanigel?
(a) His wife.
(b) His in-laws.
(c) His patron.
(d) His old friends.

5. What other Indian thinker does Kanigel compare Ramanujan's experience with?
(a) Muhammad Ali Jinnah.
(b) Ghandi.
(c) Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar.
(d) Anant Raje.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Ramanujan go when he was 17?

2. What was the effect of Ramanujan's childhood smallpox?

3. How does Kanigel describe Ramanujan's early temperament?

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

5. What was Ramanujan's religion?

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