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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 is 'A Synopsis of Elementary Results in Pure and Applied Mathematics' composed of?
(a) Math problems.
(b) Tutoring notes.
(c) A lifetime's work.
(d) A doctoral dissertation.

2. What did Ramanujan's Master Theorem attempt to do?
(a) Formulate number theory.
(b) Solve Fermat's Last Theorem.
(c) Integrate finite integrals.
(d) Reduce infinite series to prime numbers.

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

4. When was Ramanujan born?
(a) 1887.
(b) 1892.
(c) 1877.
(d) 1890.

5. When did Ramanujan write to Hardy?
(a) 1920.
(b) 1909.
(c) 1913.
(d) 1916.

Short Answer Questions

1. What energy does Kanigel say Ramanujan redirected into mathematics?

2. What was Hardy's experience of secondary education like, according to Kanigel?

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

4. How does Kanigel say Ramanujan passed his time on the ship?

5. What was Ramanujan's father's employment?

(see the answer key)

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