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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 see himself socially, according to Kanigel?
(a) As a citizen.
(b) As a Brahmin.
(c) As a celebrity.
(d) As a mathematician.

2. What did Ramanujan practice as part of his religion?
(a) A year as a monk.
(b) Community service.
(c) Animal sacrifice.
(d) Vegetarianism.

3. When did Ramanujan win a scholarship for his math skills?
(a) After high school.
(b) After middle school.
(c) During high school.
(d) After college.

4. What did Hardy and his friends arrange for Ramanujan?
(a) A teaching position.
(b) A bureaucratic appointment.
(c) A research position.
(d) A sinecure.

5. How does Kanigel characterize Ramanujan's first paper?
(a) Detailed.
(b) Exciting but incomplete.
(c) Immaculate.
(d) Exquisite.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Kanigel characterize Ramanujan's solutions to the math problems in 'A Synopsis of Elementary Results in Pure and Applied Mathematics'?

2. How does Kanigel characterize Ramanujan's tutoring?

3. Where did Ramanujan move to?

4. What did Hardy and Neville nominate Ramanujan to become?

5. How long after the wedding would it take before Janaki joined Ramanujan?

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