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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 was Ramanujan's father's employment?
(a) Priest.
(b) Low-level clerk.
(c) Tradesman.
(d) Merchant.

2. Who are the Apostles?
(a) Disciples of Hardy's.
(b) Religious figures in Rome.
(c) Artists.
(d) A secret society at Cambridge.

3. What does Kanigel say Ramanujan did at age 17?
(a) Ran away from home.
(b) Got married.
(c) Graduated high school.
(d) Graduated college.

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

5. What does Kanigel say 'A Synopsis of Elementary Results in Pure and Applied Mathematics' is lacking?
(a) Proofs.
(b) Translations.
(c) An answer key.
(d) Formulas.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was proved incorrect in Ramanujan's work from this time?

2. What did Hardy dislike about his secondary education?

3. Where did graduates from Hardy's secondary school typically go to college?

4. What did the divergent series 1+2+3+4+5... add up to in Ramanujan's notebooks?

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

(see the answer key)

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