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

2. How old was the wife Ramanujan's parents found?
(a) 15.
(b) 11.
(c) 9.
(d) 13.

3. Where did families NOT look for wives for their sons in India in Ramanujan's time?
(a) Prominent villagers.
(b) Friends of the family.
(c) Extended family.
(d) Neighbors.

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

5. How does Kanigel describe the skills Ramanujan got from 'A Synopsis of Elementary Results in Pure and Applied Mathematics'?
(a) Incorrect.
(b) Impeccable.
(c) Flawed.
(d) Unorthodox.

Short Answer Questions

1. What conflict did Ramanujan return to?

2. What was the result of Ramanujan clinging to his cultural practices?

3. How does Kanigel describe Ramanujan as a potential husband?

4. How did Ramanujan see himself socially, according to Kanigel?

5. What was it that offended Ramanujan when he invited some friends to dinner?

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