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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2 Ranging with Delight.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was Ramanujan's college's nickname?
(a) Oxford of South India.
(b) Cambridge of South India.
(c) Harvard of South India.
(d) The Bollytechnicum.

3. Where had the author of 'A Synopsis of Elementary Results in Pure and Applied Mathematics' taught?
(a) London.
(b) Paris.
(c) Berlin.
(d) Bern.

4. What happened to Ramanujan's scholarship?
(a) It was expanded to his graduate study.
(b) It was withdrawn.
(c) It was jeopardized by Ramanujan's poor grades.
(d) It was renewed for four years.

5. When does Kanigel say Ramanujan got hold of 'A Synopsis of Elementary Results in Pure and Applied Mathematics'?
(a) At 13.
(b) At 10.
(c) At 16.
(d) At 19.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Kanigel describe Ramanujan's youth?

2. Who wrote 'A Synopsis of Elementary Results in Pure and Applied Mathematics'?

3. Who was Komalatammal?

4. When did Ramanujan begin to speak?

5. What class was Ramanujan raised in?

(see the answer key)

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