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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. When did Ramanujan begin to speak?
(a) One year.
(b) Three years.
(c) Two years.
(d) Eighteen months.

2. What did NOT contribute to Ramanujan's discomfort during the sea voyage to England?
(a) The temperatures.
(b) Homesickness.
(c) Seasickness.
(d) The strangers.

3. What contributed to Ramanujan's status as a potential husband?
(a) He was fat.
(b) He was handsome.
(c) He was wealthy.
(d) He was monomaniacally interested in math.

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

5. What did Hardy decide after conferring with John Littlewood?
(a) That Ramanujan was a small thinker.
(b) That Ramanujan was unstable.
(c) That Ramanujan was a genius.
(d) That Ramanujan was dangerous.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kanigel say about Ramanujan's marriage?

2. How does Kanigel describe Ramanujan's dress?

3. What is a nested square root?

4. Where did families NOT look for wives for their sons in India in Ramanujan's time?

5. Who gave Ramanujan money to study in Madras?

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