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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 makes 'A Synopsis of Elementary Results in Pure and Applied Mathematics' notable, according to Kanigel?
(a) There is no explanation to the problems.
(b) The dissertation does not have a conclusion.
(c) The problems do not have solutions.
(d) The theorems do not have examples.

2. How does Kanigel describe English society from Ramanujan's point-of-view?
(a) Homogenous.
(b) Rarefied.
(c) Effete.
(d) Malicious.

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

4. What does Kanigel say prevented Ramanujan from getting the care he needed?
(a) His family's poverty.
(b) The fight between his wife and mother.
(c) His distance from the cultural centers.
(d) The Great War.

5. What conflict did Ramanujan return to?
(a) His parents with his in-laws.
(b) His wife and his mother.
(c) His mother and father.
(d) His father and the authorities.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Namagiri?

2. When did the Tripos take place?

3. What happened to Ramanujan's scholarship?

4. What interrupted Ramanujan's wedding?

5. Who did Ramanujan stay with in England?

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